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put an end to

put an end to

 
See:
put
part of speech: phrase
definition: to stop; eliminate.
It was twenty-four hours before the guards were able to put an end to the riot.The law put an end to the practice of caning students.We've done all we can, but there is no way to put an end to the problem.He thought he'd put an end to the matter when he paid off the reporters, but he couldn't prevent a leak to the press.