put an end to

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Verb

put an end to (third-person singular simple present puts an end to, present participle putting an end to, simple past and past participle put an end to)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To terminate or abolish.

   He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.

Synonyms

• put a stop to
• put the kibosh on

Translations

terminate

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• Esperanto: ĉesigi
• Estonian: lõppu tegema
• Finnish: lopettaa (fi), tehdä loppu
• French: mettre un terme à (fr)
• German: zu einem Ende bringen, ein Ende setzen (with dative)
• Italian: finirla
• Japanese: 打ち切る (ja) (uchikiru)
• Latin: dēleō (la)
• Latvian: darīt galu
• Russian: положи́ть коне́ц pf (položítʹ konéc) + dative, поко́нчить (ru) pf (pokónčitʹ) (с + instrumental)
• Spanish: poner coto (es)
• Swedish: sätta stopp för (sv), sätta p för (sv), sätta punkt för (sv)