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puts paid to

puts paid to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put paid to.

Meaning of put paid to

Verb

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

  1. (UK, dated) To mark a bill or a debt record as "paid".
    • Well, then, I'll put paid to that little account.1893 December, Mrs. Alexander, “Found Wanting”, in Belgravia, volume 82, page 353
  2. (UK) To put an end to.
    • When peace came in 1802 she regained a measure of control, but it was wrested from her when war with Britain broke out once more in 1805 and Nelson put paid to Spanish sea power in the Atlantic at the Battle of Trafalgar.1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin History of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 204
  3. (UK, idiomatic) To terminate; to cancel (plans or expectations); to preclude (possibilities); to stop (something) once and for all.
    • The rain put paid to our plans for a picnic.

Questions about puts paid to

What is puts paid to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts paid to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put paid to.

Words near puts paid to in the dictionary

  1. puts out the fire
  2. puts out to grass
  3. puts out to pasture
  4. puts out to sea
  5. puts over
  6. puts paid to
  7. puts past
  8. puts pen to paper
  9. puts round
  10. puts salt on someone's tail
  11. puts some timber on

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