put a crimp in

To disrupt or interfere with something. That rain last week sure put a crimp in our beach vacation.

put a crimp in

have an adverse effect on. informal

1990 Walter Stewart Right Church, Wrong Pew Well, that maybe puts a crimp in my theory.

put a ˈcrimp in/on something

(American English, informal) have a bad or negative effect on something: I’m sorry to put a crimp in your plans. The extra expense of moving can put a crimp on your budget.

See also: crimp, on, put, something

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

crimp
put a crimp in/on something
put by
put (something) by
put (one's) feet up
put feet up
can't put a name to (someone)
be put to death
put (one) to death
put (one's) back into (something)

References in periodicals archive

(Not that this has put a crimp in the satellite industry, whose revenues topped $85 billion in 2002, according to the Satellite Industry Association.)

Space balls. (Rent)

The Democrats' midterm pasting has put a crimp in the presidential plans of the party's "six pack": Al Gore, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, John Edwards, Howard Dean, and Richard Gephardt.

Who's Who

In a clever alliance with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), however, wildlife protection groups have put a crimp in the state's ambitious program.

FCC stops Alaska's aerial wolf hunt

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