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put to rest

put to rest verb: to settle or finish, especially a question or discussion.

Verb

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

Forms of put to rest

third-person singular presentputs to rest
present participleputting to rest
past participleput to rest
pastput to rest

Origin of put to rest

From put + to + rest.

Questions about put to rest

What does put to rest mean?
Put to rest means to settle or finish, especially a question or discussion.
What part of speech is put to rest?
Put to rest is a verb.
What is the past tense of put to rest?
The past tense of put to rest is put to rest.

Words near put to rest in the dictionary

  1. put to bed with a shovel
  2. put to death
  3. put to good account
  4. put to good use
  5. put to lie
  6. put to rest
  7. put to sea
  8. put to shame
  9. put to sleep
  10. put to the blush
  11. put to the horn

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