put to bed

verb — 4 senses

put to bed

verb

1

To help someone, for example a child, go to bed.

2

Media, Printing, Publishing Idiomatic To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.

3

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Idiomatic To finalise the result, seal a win.

Mame Diouf missed a chance to put the game to bed when he fired straight at Carson.2010 December 28, Kevin Darling, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:

4

Idiomatic To dispel.

I hope we can put those doubts to bed.

Related terms: bed down, go to bed, in bed, put to bed with a shovel, put to rest, tuck in

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