put paid to

Verb

Meaning

(chiefly UK, dated) To mark a bill or a debt record as "paid".

(chiefly UK) To put an end to. [from early 20th century]

(chiefly UK, idiomatic) To terminate; to cancel (plans or expectations); to stop something once and for all.
The rain put paid to our plans for a picnic.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

finish off put an end to put a stop to

Examples

The notion that God was everywhere put paid to any possible peace of mind by the time I was six. Tom Baker

LONDON: Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest man in history over the distance, has withdrawn from Sunday's London Marathon with a calf injury which has put paid to his showdown with world record holder Eliud Kipchoge. Source: Internet

The coronavirus put paid to sport for months and the first Whitby Goth Weekend of the year but El Gothico remains scheduled for the next festival in October. Source: Internet

Just think, once upon a time Newton’s laws of motion were seen to be a complete and accurate description of physical phenomena relating to the movement of objects but Einstein put paid to that with his Theory of Relativity. Source: Internet

Eilish’s detractors have sneered at her unshowy vocals, accusing her of whispering more than singing – but this delicate, assured vocal display surely put paid to that criticism. Source: Internet

But a mouth abscess has put paid to his hopes of fighting before the end of the season. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

put out to pasture put over put over on put past put pedal to the metal put pen to paper