lay/put (something) to rest

idiom

: to make someone stop thinking about or believing (something) by showing it is not true

I want to lay/put to rest any lingering doubts about my decision.

You can lay/put those worries to rest now.

Examples of lay/put (something) to rest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Schroeder and her husband sued their HOA and kickstarted a five-year legal battle that will soon be put to rest by the highest court in the state. —Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025

That should have been put to rest by two world wars. —Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025

Tuesday's discussions, which lasted for nearly eight hours, appeared to put to rest, for the moment at least, the animosity between Trump and Zelenskyy evident during the Oval Office meeting last month. —arkansasonline.com, 12 Mar. 2025

The issue was put to rest in 2021 when Greenland’s parliament banned all uranium mining, killing further development of Kvanefjeld for the time being. —Scott L. Montgomery, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025