Idiom
put a stop to
Meaning
To terminate or abolish something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The teacher had to put a stop to the loud talking.”
“The neighbors complained about the noise, so the landlord decided to put a stop to the late-night parties.”
“The new regulations were designed to put a stop to the unfair practices that had plagued the industry for many years.”
Examples
simple
“The teacher had to put a stop to the loud talking.”
contextual
“The neighbors complained about the noise, so the landlord decided to put a stop to the late-night parties.”
complex
“The new regulations were designed to put a stop to the unfair practices that had plagued the industry for many years.”
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