lay to rest

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lay to rest (third-person singular simple present lays to rest, present participle laying to rest, simple past and past participle laid to rest)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To bury someone who has died.
    He was laid to rest beneath the old oak tree in 1825.
  2. (transitive, figurative) To close (a matter of dispute).
    Payment of the court-imposed fine should finally lay this matter to rest.

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