put a damper on something
to make something less enjoyable, active, or great than it could have been

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

put a damper on
put a damper on (something)
to make something less enjoyable.
The terrible weather put a damper on this year's New Year celebrations.

Etymology: a damper is a device that reduces the loudness of sound, esp. on a piano, or controls the temperature of a fire
put a damper/dampener on (something)
to stop an occasion from being enjoyable.
Steve lost his wallet so that rather put a damper on the evening.

We were both ill while we were in Boston, which put a bit of a dampener on things.

put a damper/dampener on (something)
to stop an occasion from being enjoyable.
Steve lost his wallet so that rather put a damper on the evening.

We were both ill while we were in Boston, which put a bit of a dampener on things.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

put a damper on something
put a damper on (something)
to make something less enjoyable.
The terrible weather put a damper on this year's New Year celebrations.

Etymology: a damper is a device that reduces the loudness of sound, esp. on a piano, or controls the temperature of a fire
put a damper/dampener on (something)
to stop an occasion from being enjoyable.
Steve lost his wallet so that rather put a damper on the evening.

We were both ill while we were in Boston, which put a bit of a dampener on things.

put a damper/dampener on (something)
to stop an occasion from being enjoyable.
Steve lost his wallet so that rather put a damper on the evening.

We were both ill while we were in Boston, which put a bit of a dampener on things.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

put a damper on
to discourage something, to spoil a person's fun
The death of the company president put a damper on the anniversary celebrations.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

put a damper on something
to discourage something, to spoil a person's fun
The death of the company president put a damper on the anniversary celebrations.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲