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.
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The theory is soon put to rest, though, when Rivera Garza starts receiving strange messages from the killer, signed with the names of different female artists.
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Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
But will its Grammy success open the floodgates for more veteran artists to do the impossible — access and alter old recordings so that the past is never truly put to rest?
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Dickinson scored 21 points the first half as KU blazed to a 44-25 advantage and put to rest thoughts of KU’s anemic 20-point first half in a 62-61 loss to West Virginia on New Year’s Eve in Lawrence.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
His most celebrated achievement in the global sphere is the Camp David Accords, the result of a two-week meeting that put to rest 30 years of conflict between Egypt and Israel, and that set a framework for the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty of 1979.
—Andrea Michelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
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Nicolás Medina Mora, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2025
But will its Grammy success open the floodgates for more veteran artists to do the impossible — access and alter old recordings so that the past is never truly put to rest?
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Dickinson scored 21 points the first half as KU blazed to a 44-25 advantage and put to rest thoughts of KU’s anemic 20-point first half in a 62-61 loss to West Virginia on New Year’s Eve in Lawrence.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
His most celebrated achievement in the global sphere is the Camp David Accords, the result of a two-week meeting that put to rest 30 years of conflict between Egypt and Israel, and that set a framework for the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty of 1979.
—Andrea Michelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Lay/put (something) to rest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lay%2Fput%20%28something%29%20to%20rest. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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