put paid to
Example Sentences
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Last year a study put paid to magical thinking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Earlier in his athletics career, Pembroke was targeting the London 2012 Olympics before an elbow injury put paid to that dream.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
But later discoveries of rare earth minerals and abundant oil and gas put paid to that label.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
Jim Lovell was one of the 110 test pilots considered for selection but a temporary liver condition put paid to his chances.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
And a chap like that was to put "paid" to the account of Sylvanus Heythorp, to "scratch" him out of life—so near the end of everything, the very end!
From Five Tales by John Galsworthy
