Or it’s like some people saying a swear word.
Or two.
At any rate, “putting one’s foot down” is a way of expressing our strong determination when we want to make some point clear, take a stand while showing we are resolute, unyielding – even to the point of being stubborn. In other words, we are not backing down.
In our example, the mother makes a strong demand that time for her daughter to put more clothes on (since it’s in the dead of a cold winter). And by putting her foot down, she means to send a message, a clear message that it’s the mother’s decision alone to make, that it’s not something negotiable and that the young daughter has but to heed mom advice and do accordingly.
Note: It’s almost always someone putting their foot down, never feet.
Apparently stamping both one’s feet down on the floor likely makes one look like doing a crazy dance rather than appear stern, solemn and resolute.
Joking aside, let’s examine a few media examples of people having to put their foot down in various and sundry situations:
1. Dee Hunt never smoked.
Neither did her five sisters and brothers. They didn’t have exposure to radon or asbestos, either. That didn’t prevent every one of them from being diagnosed with lung cancer.
Their parents were smokers, but they'd all left home more than 30 years before any of them were diagnosed. For most of her life, secondhand smoke was not ever raised as a health risk or concern.
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