اكتب أي كلمة!

كيف تنطق "lower the boom"

expression

LOH-er thuh BOOM
LOH-uh thuh BOOM

التعريف

To punish someone severely or take strict, decisive action, often after a warning or period of tolerance. Commonly used when a rule has finally been enforced strongly.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɫoʊɝ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbum

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ˈləʊə/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈuːm

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

LOH-er thuh BOOM

بريطاني

LOH-uh thuh BOOM

استمع في السياق

If you keep breaking the rules, the teacher will lower the boom.

The company decided to lower the boom on late employees.

Mom had to lower the boom after we made a mess in the kitchen.

The boss finally lowered the boom after months of warning everyone about deadlines.