lays to rest
Entombs or concludes
To lay something to rest is to settle it conclusively, ending doubt or debate: The DNA evidence laid to rest any question of his innocence.
The phrase derives from burying the dead—a body laid to rest is interred.
Figuratively, you lay to rest rumors, fears, or controversies by resolving them definitively.
- casketBurial container
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- graveSerious and worrying
- six feet underDead and buried
- coffinBurial container for remains
funeral home · settle · interment · dismiss · epitaph · alleviate · resolve · reconcile · cemetery · cremation · mausoleum · farewell · wreath · conclude · repose · dead and buried · burial · finalize
burial/physical interment
lays to restexhumes
Unearths buried remains
disinters · digs up · unearths · resurrects · desecrates
lay, lays, laying, rest, rests, rested, resting, restful, restless