put to bed

Idioms  

1. Complete something and either set it aside or send it on to the next step, as in We put the magazine to bed at ten, or They said they'd put the whole project to bed at least a month ago. This expression, transferring nighttime retirement to other kinds of completion, was first applied to a newspaper, where it meant “send to press,” that is, start to print. [Mid-1900s]

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put to bed

That effort has effectively been put to bed, as Menendez concluded that Congress never intended to allow the AG to access voter records and papers that state election officials create.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

As earnings season gets under way, festering worries about artificial-intelligence stocks could be put to bed.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The decrease is unlikely to put to bed the row over the steep pricing that also drew rebukes from football's governing body, FIFA.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

And it should put to bed the idea that banks and private-capital managers are playing a zero-sum game with each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

“She had better be put to bed soon; she looks tired: are you tired?” she asked, placing her hand on my shoulder.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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