make an end of
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In 1314, however, the English marched north under Edward II to make an end of the wild laird they called "King Hob"�the royal yokel.
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It takes one to start a fight, but it takes two to make an end of fighting.
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With such a craft, he thinks, he could not only run down Nazi surface raiders and make an end of them but give the U.S. fleet better reconnaissance than it has ever had before.
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"With all the good will in the world," he said, "and with the most heartfelt desire to make an end of war, we must be ready to meet it if it comes."
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“Then to make an end of it,” said Joe, delightedly handing the bag to my sister; “it’s five-and-twenty pound.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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