put an end to
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Verb
[edit]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)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To terminate or abolish.
- He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.
- 1950 May, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 300:
- So far as I am aware, nationalisation has put an end to this scheme.
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[edit]terminate
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