put an end to (something)

idiom

: to cause (something) to stop or prevent (something) from continuing

They promise to put an end to unfair policies.

The new mayor vowed to put an end to the violence.

Examples of put an end to (something) in a Sentence

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Republican Kari Lake, who is running against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, hopes to put an end to a streak of Democratic Senate victories in the state. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024

With the video, Kensington Palace clearly hopes to put an end to the rumors. —Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024

And in 2022, Cameron, alongside a hypothermia expert, tried to put an end to the debate once and for all with a simulated test to see if two people of the same body mass as Winslet and DiCaprio could have really stayed afloat on a piece of wood of the same size. —Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024

The Justice Department’s lawsuit is seeking to put an end to those practices. —Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

Conversations attempted in line for the Berghain toilets have a success rate of about 25 percent, some of which must be attributed to one party’s desire to join the other in their stall, to more quickly put an end to the unendurable wait. —Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024

The house served as a hub for organizers − including Martin Luther King Jr. − who were planning the Selma-to-Montgomery marches during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, when activists across the nation pushed for equal rights for African Americans and to put an end to racial segregation. —Liz Kellar, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024

The photo, which should have put an end to the rumors, instead fueled them. —Christian Edwards, CNN, 30 Mar. 2024

This measure would put an end to Colorado’s long-running mountain lion and bobcat hunting seasons. —Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024