Putting the kibosh on

Usage examples of nixing.

As human rights violations go, it's hard to compare a machete murder with somebody nixing a six-figure endorsement deal for Puma tennis sneakers.

Perhaps, it was Locke's childlike way of getting back at him for nixing the surveillance ride-along.

Of course he was off putting out another fire, nixing another round of nasty litigation for another wayward client, though he didn't admit this.

She'd coached him in the characteristic Kubaz whirring accent, their cultured speaking style, and their gait, after nixing Luke's idea of disguising themselves as Duros.