put to rest

verb

To settle or finish, especially a question or discussion.

“Let's try to put this question to rest once and for all.”

Similar
lay to restput to bedput to sleep
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Meanings

verbput to rest (third-person singular simple present puts to rest, present participle putting to rest, simple past and past participle put to rest)

present singular third person puts to rest · participle present putting to rest

  1. To settle or finish, especially a question or discussion.

    Let's try to put this question to rest once and for all.

    Synonyms: lay to rest, put to bed, put to sleep

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo settle or finish, especially a question or discussion.

Similar
lay to restput to bedput to sleep
Also see
lay to restput to sleep

Origin

From put + to + rest.

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APA

put to rest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20to%20rest

MLA

“put to rest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20to%20rest. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put to rest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20to%20rest.

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