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Put The Dampers
If you Put The Dampers on something then you discourage or tone down the enthusiasm somebody is showing for an idea. The phrase has a musical origin and relates to the piano. A damper (operated by a foot pedal) presses against the strings to reduce its sound. So, to “put the dampers†on a concert performance was used to describe toning the sound of the orchestra down.
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