put to bed
Example Sentences
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Several veteran MPs have been mentioned as likely candidates to retire and create a vacancy for the former cabinet minister, but Dowd said it was "tittle tattle" that he wanted to "put to bed".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
And it should put to bed the idea that banks and private-capital managers are playing a zero-sum game with each other.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
My children were eventually put to bed, but my wife stayed up to watch with me for a few hours, her expression stoic.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
They came here as league leaders and all the noise around them before the game was quickly put to bed.
From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026
It was also this knight who brought the distracted Elaine to his bedside, after he had been put to bed.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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