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put paid to something

to consider something closed or completed; to mark or indicate that something is no longer important or pending. (As if one were stamping a bill "paid".) At last, we were able to put paid to the matter of who is to manage the accounts.

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COLD weather put paid to the success of this year's Huddstock festival. Help for Huddstock; COMMENT by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) A frozen pitch put paid to the Blue Square North fixture on Saturday and the table-topping Lambs agreed another overnight stay but were caught cold by a 5-1 defeat. Lambs given frosty lesson; NON-LEAGUE: Sunday horror show after ... by Birmingham Mail (England) NUNEATON 16 HULL 22 TONGAN Tevita Vaikona put paid to the Nuns with a last gasp try in time added on at Liberty Way. Valkona try stuns Nuns by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			put on the cuff put on the dog put on the map put on the shelf put on the spot put on the street put on weight put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in place put one off stride put one on guard put one on honor put one through paces put oneself out put out a warrant put out feelers put out of put out of mind put out of misery put out of the way put out to pasture put over knee put over the top put own house in order put paid to put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put right put roots down put shirt on put shoulder to the wheel put some creature out of its misery put some distance between put some teeth into put teeth into Put that in your pipe and smoke it! put the arm on put the bite on put the blame on put the boot in put the brakes on put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the chill on put the clamps on put the clock back put the fear of God in			put out of misery put out of place put out of possession put out of sight put out of the way put out of the way put out of their misery put out of their misery put out of wedlock put out to pasture put out to pasture put out to pasture put out to pasture put out to sea put out to sea put out to sea put out to sea put out to tender put out to tender put out to tender put out to tender put out to tender put over put over put over put over put over knee put over the top put over to a future date put own house in order put paid to put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put pressure on Put Prevention Into Practice Put price Put Prices Put provision Put Provisions put questions to Put ratio backspread Put Ratio Backspreads put right put right put right put right put right put right put roots down put seal put seal put seal put seal

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