tordre le cou

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French

Verb

tordre le cou

to kill (by twisting one's neck)
(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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