put off

put a blot on put a bold front on put a border on put a boycott on put a bridle on put a check on put a chill into sb put a crimp in put a crimp into put a curb on put a damp over put a damper on

reduce sb to obedience reduce sb to silence reduce sb to tears reduce someone to tears reduce state reduce sth to a minimum reduce sth to ashes reduce sth to matchwood reduce supplies reduce the duty