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 Some of these arguments, such as the idea that the island's indigenous people had traveled there from South America, have since been put to rest. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024 That idea is soon put to rest as heavy guns blaze on the ground ahead of them with surprising rapid fire. —

David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024 That rumor was put to rest by director Shawn Levy in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. —

Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 23 July 2024 Fukuyama frets that Nietzsche's idea of the will to power -- that people will strive to be not just equal but superior -- will reignite the impulses to violence that the end of history was supposed to put to rest. —

Richard K. Betts, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2010 See all Example Sentences for lay/put (something) to rest

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