阻止某事發生;停止做某事
knock sth on the head
to stop sth from happening; to stop doing sth
The recession knocked on the head any idea of expanding the company.經濟衰退使擴充套件公司的任何想法都化為泡影。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版