blanket ban
blanket ban
A ban that applies to or affects all or the majority of a given class of people or things. Can't the government put a blanket ban on solicitors? Literally no one wants someone to show up at their house, unannounced, trying to sell something. The school is introducing a blanket ban on smart phones during school hours, much to the chagrin of its students.
See also: ban, blanket
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- legislate
- legislate against
- legislate against (something)
- wring (something) out of (someone or something)
- wring out of
- blanket drill
- fray at the edges
- drill
- fray around the edges
- fray at/around the edges/seams