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put an end to

   Also found in: Legal 0.01 sec.
put an end to something
to stop something put a stop to something The lights went out, and that put an end to our game of cards.
See also: end, put


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