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put an end to

Idioms  
  1. Also, put a stop to. Terminate, abolish, as in It's time they put an end to their feud, or The police chief vowed to put a stop to prostitution. This locution is more emphatic than the plain verbs end or stop. [Mid-1600s]


Example Sentences

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The biggest question is whether the results can put an end to the market’s artificial-intelligence fears, which have spurred multiple selloffs in recent weeks.

From Barron's

Lowe wants the High Court to put an end to the investigation, and earlier this month he applied for an interim injunction to temporarily stop it, pending a hearing into the wider claim next month.

From BBC

A new crisis, however, quickly put an end to exchanges, precipitating the mass incarceration of prisoners that marked the last two years of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal

That’s some way off the heights of above $10 a share it reached last September when the appointment of new leadership electrified interest among retail investors, but could put an end to a slump of 31% in the past three months.

From Barron's

New rules proposed by the state could put an end to blackjack, poker and other games at card rooms.

From Los Angeles Times