put an end to

English

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Verb

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

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To terminate or abolish.

   He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.

   • 1950 May, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 300:

     So far as I am aware, nationalisation has put an end to this scheme.

Synonyms

• put a stop to
• put the kibosh on

Translations

terminate

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• Esperanto: ĉesigi
• Estonian: lõppu tegema
• Finnish: lopettaa (fi), tehdä loppu
• French: mettre un terme à (fr)
• German: zu einem Ende bringen, ein Ende setzen (with dative)
• Italian: finirla
• Japanese: 打ち切る (ja) (uchikiru)
• Latin: dēleō (la)
• Latvian: darīt galu
• Polish: kłaść kres impf, położyć kres pf
• Romanian: pune capăt
• Russian: положи́ть коне́ц pf (položítʹ konéc) + dative, поко́нчить (ru) pf (pokónčitʹ) (с + instrumental)
• Spanish: poner coto (es)
• Swedish: sätta stopp för (sv), sätta p för (sv), sätta punkt för (sv)