Put paid to something British verb phrase
To destroy something or stop it from happening
Finally, they've decided to put paid to the problem that has occurred for 2 months.
The incident last week could put paid to Arthur's athletic career.
To mark a bill or debt as paid
After 5 months of working, I've finally be able to put paid to the debt from last year.
To decide that something is completely finished so that you can start doing something else
To finish or complete something in a satisfactory way
1. Used to refer to a point where a process or an activity ends
2. Used to refer to a point where someone no longer survives; death
The verb "put" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The phrase derives from the practice that book-keepers wrote or stamped "PAID" on bills when the paperwork for a sale was completed. It appeared in Winnipeg newspaper The Manitoba Morning Free Press, October 1905:
"Wolverhampton Wanderers put paid to Bolton's account, the scores being: 2-0"
To be very wet
Because of forgetting bringing an umbrella, I look like a drowned rat when it rains.