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 There's a world of this character's past that needs to be put to rest. —

Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 July 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 There’s this battle between fossil fuels and environmentalists that needs to be put to rest. —

Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 July 2024 Jacob Appell, a professor at New York’s Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai who has studied presidential illnesses, said the most recent O’Connor letter in February does not put to rest questions about Biden’s mental condition. —

Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 6 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for lay/put (something) to rest

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