put an end to

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put an end to something

to stop something. The lights went out, and that put an end to our game of cards.

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The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying, "Your feathers are all very well in the spring, but mine protect me against the winter. Fables by Aesop View in context A JUDGE who had for years looked in vain for an opportunity for infamous distinction, but whom no litigant thought worth bribing, sat one day upon the Bench, lamenting his hard lot, and threatening to put an end to his life if business did not improve. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context "Now, my girl," he said, "I have come to put an end to this nonsense. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context More results

References in classic literature

The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying, "Your feathers are all very well in the spring, but mine protect me against the winter.

Fables by Aesop View in context

A JUDGE who had for years looked in vain for an opportunity for infamous distinction, but whom no litigant thought worth bribing, sat one day upon the Bench, lamenting his hard lot, and threatening to put an end to his life if business did not improve.

Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

"Now, my girl," he said, "I have come to put an end to this nonsense.

The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context

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