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put an end to

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  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]


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You need to put an end to being used as a get-out-of-jail-free card.

From MarketWatch Jun. 27, 2026

Petno helped put an end to its stand-alone mergers and acquisitions department and redistributed that team across the bank.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

But that sympathy has not put an end to questions surrounding the future of the royal family, which for months has been in the middle of a perfect storm.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

“It’s what we do to put an end to it. Like, ‘Oh, be sweet to me!’”

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

I put an end to that dolphin singing.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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