put the lid on

Strongest matches

• beat
• clinch
• complete
• cover
• crown
• eclipse
• exceed
• finish
• surpass
• wrap up

Strong matches

• best
• better
• can
• cob
• crest
• excel
• outshine
• outstrip
• pass
• surmount
• top
• transcend
• trump

Weak matches

• button down
• button up
• do to a T
• top it off

Strongest matches

• abridge
• black out
• blacklist
• delete
• edit
• excise
• restrict
• sanitize
• suppress
• withhold

Strong matches

• bleach
• bleep
• bowdlerize
• conceal
• control
• cork
• criticize
• cut
• decontaminate
• examine
• expurgate
• inspect
• launder
• narrow
• oversee
• purge
• purify
• repress
• restrain
• review
• revile
• squelch
• sterilize

Weak matches

• clean up
• drop the iron curtain
• exscind
• prevent publication
• refuse transmission
• scissor out
• strike out
• supervise communications

Strongest matches

• achieve
• close
• complete
• end
• halt
• terminate
• wind up
• wrap up

Strong matches

• cease
• cinch
• clinch
• consummate
• crown
• desist
• stop

Weak matches

• bring down curtain
• call it a day
• close out
• draw to close
• knock off
• play out
• put to bed
• round off
• top off
• ultimate

Strong matches

• censor
• gag
• mute
• muzzle
• quash
• soft pedal
• squelch
• stifle
• suppress

Weak matches

• dummy up
• hold one's tongue
• hush up
• say nothing
• shut up
• sit on

Strongest matches

• achieve
• break up
• cease
• close
• complete
• conclude
• culminate
• delay
• drop
• expire
• finish
• give up
• halt
• play out
• quit
• resolve
• settle
• stop
• terminate
• wind up
• wrap up

Strong matches

• abolish
• abort
• accomplish
• consummate
• crown
• determine
• discontinue
• dissolve
• interrupt
• perorate
• postpone
• relinquish
• ultimate
• wrap

Weak matches

• break off
• call it a day
• call off
• close out
• cut short
• dispose of
• get done
• pack it in
• pull the plug
• sew up
• shut down
• switch off
• top off

Strongest matches

• abate
• annihilate
• destroy
• eliminate
• eradicate
• erase
• exterminate
• obliterate
• quell
• stamp out
• suppress
• wipe out

Strong matches

• abolish
• check
• crush
• end
• expunge
• extirpate
• obscure
• remove
• squash

Weak matches

• blot out
• put down

Strongest matches

• choke
• constrain
• muzzle
• suppress

Strong matches

• balk
• cork
• curb
• deaden
• demur
• garrote
• muffle
• obstruct
• quiet
• repress
• restrain
• shy
• squash
• squelch
• stifle
• still
• stumble
• throttle
• tongue-tie

Weak matches

• bottle up
• cork up
• keep the lid on
• shut down
• tape up

Strongest matches

• dampen
• deaden
• envelop
• hush
• mute
• muzzle
• soft pedal
• squelch
• stifle
• subdue
• tone down

Strong matches

• conceal
• cover
• cushion
• decrease
• drown
• dull
• gag
• hide
• mellow
• quieten
• silence
• smother
• soften
• wrap

Weak matches

• shut down
• sit down on

Strongest matches

• dampen
• soften
• subdue

Strong matches

• benumb
• deaden
• drown
• gag
• hush
• lower
• moderate
• muzzle
• reduce
• silence
• soft pedal

Weak matches

• bottle up
• cork up
• decrease the volume
• keep it down
• pipe down
• put damper on
• turn down

Strongest matches

• allay
• ameliorate
• assuage
• mitigate
• mollify
• placate
• quell
• repress
• smooth over
• soothe
• tame

Strong matches

• calm
• chasten
• compose
• con
• conciliate
• cool
• dulcify
• grease
• lull
• moderate
• propitiate
• qualify
• quiet
• relieve
• silence
• soft pedal
• soften
• square
• still
• stroke
• subdue
• sweeten
• temper
• tranquilize

Weak matches

• bury the hatchet
• butter up
• fix up
• kiss and make up
• lay back
• make peace
• pacificate
• take the edge off

Strongest matches

• annul
• clamp down on
• crack down on
• invalidate
• overrule
• repeal
• rescind
• reverse
• revoke
• set aside
• squelch
• undo
• vacate
• veto
• void

Strong matches

• abrogate
• discharge
• dissolve
• kill
• negate
• overthrow
• vitiate

Weak matches

• black out
• bottle up
• cork up
• declare null and void
• hush up
• put damper on
• shut down
• watergate

Strongest matches

• annihilate
• conquer
• crush
• extinguish
• overcome
• put down
• quench
• silence
• stamp out
• stifle
• subdue

Strong matches

• kill
• overpower
• stop
• subjugate
• vanquish

Weak matches

• hush up
• shut down
• sit on

Strongest matches

• curb
• muzzle
• repress
• silence
• smother
• squelch
• strangle
• suffocate
• suppress

Strong matches

• asphyxiate
• burke
• check
• choke
• constipate
• cork
• extinguish
• gag
• hush
• kill
• muffle
• spike
• squash
• stagnate
• stop
• stultify
• torpedo
• trammel

Weak matches

• black out
• bring to screeching halt
• choke back
• clam up
• clamp down
• cover up
• crack down
• dry up
• hold it down
• hush up
• shut up
• sit on