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Put paid to

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo mark a bill or a debt record as "paid".
2.verbTo put an end to.
3.verbTo terminate; to cancel (plans or expectations); to stop something once and for all.
"The rain put paid to our plans for a picnic."
4.verbTo demonstrate as completely false.
"The young man standing outside the door, shaking like a leaf, looking like he was about to pee himself, put paid to his claim in a quavering voice, "I am not afraid!""

Synonyms

finish offput a stop toput an end toquitput downmark offliquidatedischargeacquitcallmark outclear off
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