shut down

"On language and broader messaging: Let’s shut down the pablum about 'defending the middle class,' 'sticking up for working families,' and other such drivel."

"The president's mandate as directed to me clearly is to shut down the Department of Education," she said.

Beyond that, he was shut down by fretful Democratic party operatives and politicians who told him: How can you talk about “Bidenomics” when polls say so many people aren’t “feeling the benefits”?!

He said if tariffs including those on agricultural products were not dropped, he would hike taxes on the car industry, "which will, essentially, permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada".

They shut down a City team that really needed to win.