stamp on
phrasal verb
stamped on; stamping on; stamps on
1
: to step heavily on (something) with one's foot
She accidentally stamped on my toe.
2
: to end (something) in a forceful way
The city council stamped on any efforts to build a liquor store.
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But the effort is just what Bri needed in order to restore her faith in their relationship — by morning, with cloying smiles stamped on their faces, Bravo’s most inoffensive couple is back on track.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
America’s illustrators owed Mother England gratitude for the glorious picture books created there in past decades, and now the time had come for artists here to put their stamp on the genre.
—Leonard S. Marcus, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
However, some stellar reinforcements will be required as Hughes and Slot seek to put their stamp on the squad.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
From the late 1970s through to the 1990s, the team of Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker put their stamp on a distinctively zany type of movie comedy, pictures that sat right at the Venn diagram center of surrealist logic and inane humor.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
America’s illustrators owed Mother England gratitude for the glorious picture books created there in past decades, and now the time had come for artists here to put their stamp on the genre.
—Leonard S. Marcus, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
However, some stellar reinforcements will be required as Hughes and Slot seek to put their stamp on the squad.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
From the late 1970s through to the 1990s, the team of Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker put their stamp on a distinctively zany type of movie comedy, pictures that sat right at the Venn diagram center of surrealist logic and inane humor.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Stamp on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stamp%20on. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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