lay (someone) to rest
idiom
: to bury (someone who has died)
—usually used as (be) laid to rest
She was laid to rest in the church's graveyard.
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Beginning Monday, the citizens of the mythical town of Salem, Ill., lay to rest and mourn the death of John Black, who succumbed to injuries in a lab explosion.
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Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 9 June 2025
This year alone, she’s done 80 casualty missions, including helping to lay to rest several sailors and troops killed in the attacks on Pearl Harbor who were recently identified with progress in DNA testing.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 17 Sep. 2024
Biden could also cost Democrats control of Congress July 10, 2024
The debate was supposed to lay to rest nagging concerns about Biden’s mental and physical vitality.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
But when Doc died on Sept. 10, 2021, at age 26, unlike Smith, there was no cemetery to lay to rest the 1,200-pound animal who devoted 11 years of service to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office Mounted Division.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2024
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Rosemary Rossi, Variety, 9 June 2025
This year alone, she’s done 80 casualty missions, including helping to lay to rest several sailors and troops killed in the attacks on Pearl Harbor who were recently identified with progress in DNA testing.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 17 Sep. 2024
Biden could also cost Democrats control of Congress July 10, 2024
The debate was supposed to lay to rest nagging concerns about Biden’s mental and physical vitality.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
But when Doc died on Sept. 10, 2021, at age 26, unlike Smith, there was no cemetery to lay to rest the 1,200-pound animal who devoted 11 years of service to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office Mounted Division.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Lay (someone) to rest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lay%20%28someone%29%20to%20rest. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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