The phrase "put your foot down" likely originated from the action of stepping firmly on a car's accelerator pedal in order to increase speed or assert control. It has since evolved to mean taking a firm stand or making a decisive decision in various situations.
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This was a phrase used by long distance truck drivers in informal radio communication, made popular by a country song. It indicates that the speaker is headed to the East at a high rate of speed (having "put the hammer down")
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was another euphemism for killing someone. You'd "put him to bed" in the ground.
No, it doesn't.
Put some food in my stomach
To delay something
to flip a turtle upside down
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant to pay in cash. You'd put your cash onto the plank or counter.
it means to make someone mad
The phrase 'let down' can be defined in a number of ways. Let down means to disappoint or fail to fulfill the expectations but can also mean to to lower, deflate or untie.
Talk down to someone, insult their intelligence.