Put Paid To Meaning
(chiefly Britain, idiomatic) to terminate; to cancel (plans or expectations); to stop something once and for all
Example: 1893 December, Mrs. Alexander, “Found Wantingâ€[1], Belgravia, volume 82, page 353:
Well, then, I'll put paid to that little account.
The rain put paid to our plans for a picnic.
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