stamp on

phrasal verb

stamped on; stamping on; stamps on

: to step heavily on (something) with one's foot

She accidentally stamped on my toe.

: to end (something) in a forceful way

The city council stamped on any efforts to build a liquor store.

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Jeff Goldblum puts his own stamp on the fearsome Wizard of Oz, using his quirky persona to reinvent the character and providing a delightful musical number of his own. —

Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024 The Biden administration signed a five-year cost-sharing agreement with Seoul in October, but there is a chance Trump might look to renegotiate the deal to put his stamp on it as president. —

David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024 One in particular was a very old oxygen bottle that had a year stamped on it, 1933. —

Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024 The kidnappers told them the stamp on their forearm would protect them from being kidnapped again in the Tapachula area. —

Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stamp on