put paid to

Definitions

1. To mark a bill or a debt record as "paid".
   UK, dated
2. To put an end to.
   UK
3. To terminate; to cancel (plans or expectations); to preclude (possibilities); to stop (something) once and for all.
   UK, idiomatic

Examples

“Well, then, I'll put⟳ paid to that little account.”

“When peace came in 1802 she regained a measure⟳ of control⟳, but it was wrested from her when war with Britain broke out once more in 1805 and Nelson put⟳ paid to Spanish sea power in the Atlantic at the Battle of Trafalgar.”

“If Harry had always seemed a sickly child, Harrow put⟳ paid to notions that he was really a physical weakling.”

“This puts paid to the argument that a claimant who comes to a nuisance has impliedly consented to the continuance of that nuisance.”

“The Guardian recently uncovered nearly 200 new projects – “carbon bombs” – that if completed would put⟳ paid to the world’s chances of limiting global temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.”

“The rain⟳ put⟳ paid to our plans for a picnic.”

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