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lay to rest

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lay someone to rest
Euph. to bury a dead person. They laid her to rest by her mother and father, out in the old churchyard. We gather together today to lay our beloved son to rest.
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lay somebody to rest
to bury a dead person Hattie died peacefully at age 93 and was laid to rest in the church cemetery.
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lay something to rest also lay to rest something

to solve or end something The trial will lay all worry to rest that the wrong man was accused of this crime.
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