put an end to smth.

put an end to smth.
(put an end (или a stop, уст. a period) to smth. (тж. put a stopper on smth.))
положить конец чему-л.

...I mean to put a period to this disreputable prodigality. (R. L. Stevenson, ‘New Arabian Nights’, ‘The Rajah's Diamond’) — ...я намерен положить конец такому позорному расточительству.

‘I am afraid you have been terribly ill,’ he said. ‘I am sincerely sorry that I did not know of all this. I would have put a stop to it before...’ ‘All's fair in war,’ he said coolly. (E. L. Voynich, ‘The Gadfly’, part III, ch. 6) — - Вы, кажется, были очень больны, - сказал он. - Глубоко сожалею, что я не знал всего этого раньше. Я прекратил бы эти истязания... - На войне не разбирают средств, - холодно сказал Овод.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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