tordre le cou

French

Verb

tordre le cou

  1. to kill (by twisting one's neck)
  2. (figuratively) to bring something to an end quickly, to stifle
    Sans doute fallait-il la victoire d'un socialiste à Paris pour tordre le cou à l'ordo-libéralisme venu de Berlin.
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