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lay to rest

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lay someone 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
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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Brown's assessment should lay to rest any remaining doubts about whether CWT itself has had a positive rate of return since its inception," says Jerry Kozak, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF).
The buyout of KB Home's interest should also lay to rest rumors that Empire is not able to meet its financial obligations, Walton said.
Third, let's lay to rest another misconception: that hybrid drive systems don't give you any benefit in highway driving compared to conventional internal combustion (IC) engines.
 
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