Put the chill on (someone or something) verb phrase
To stop, delay or diminish something
Lockdown can temporarily put the chill on the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.
The boiling hot weather can put the chill on our journey.
To ignore or end social contact with someone; to separate someone from others
I don't know why she has put the chill on me for a long time.
She was a bit snooty, so we all put the chill on her.
To stop doing one's current activity
1. To stretch or lengthen something, usually a string or cord of some type
2. To extend, postpone, or make longer than it usually would
The verb "put" should be conjugated according to its tense.