putting to rest
Ending the debate
Putting to rest means settling something conclusively so it no longer requires attention.
You put a matter to rest by resolving it: Let me put those rumors to rest.
The phrase draws on the image of burial—what's laid to rest stops moving.
Doubts, fears, controversies, and questions are commonly put to rest: Her testimony put to rest any suspicion of wrongdoing.
- quietLacking in sound
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
termination · interment · memorialization · final goodbye · forgiveness · catharsis · burying the hatchet · cessation · farewell · letting go · letting it go · moving on · closure · finalization · case closed · end of story · healing · sleep
putting to reststirring up
Causing to activate
reopening · raising · bringing up · dredging up · reigniting
putting to restsetting in motion
starting up · activating · initiating · launching · kicking off
puts, putting, rest, rests, rested, resting, restful, restless, restlessness