Put paid to
Suggest a CorrectionMeaning
To end or kill off.
Origin
From 19th-century Britain, tied to books; 'put paid' for settled, slang by 1870s in a tale for end. A 1880s 'Times' uses it for a stop.
Variants
- Put paid
Usage Examples
- That put paid to our plans-done.
- Put paid to-hope's gone.
- Paid to; end of it.
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