Verb
(transitive) To help someone, for example a child, go to bed.
(transitive, idiomatic, printing) To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.
Coordinate term: go to bed
(transitive, idiomatic, sports) To finalise the result, seal a win.
(transitive, idiomatic) To dispel.
I hope we can put those doubts to bed.
My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can't. Beverly Sills
If there were any doubts, I think that they should be put to bed. Tim Cook
I don't think I'm qualified to answer questions about happiness. But I guess I'd say that I don't think you ever get to put to bed something like a search for order, or any other element of your sensibility, however much you'd like to. Garth Greenwell
We looked at the sky. So many stars, it seemed like a celebration, a grand, illicit party the galaxy was holding after the humans had been put to bed. E. Lockhart
As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So. Rupert Everett
The greatest king must at last be put to bed with a shovel. Russian Proverb