poner fin a

poner fin a

to put an end to

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(v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off

Ex. Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

Ex. The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.

Ex. Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.

Ex. These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.

Ex. He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.

Ex. Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.

Ex. Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.

Ex. 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.

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(v.) = put + paid to, put + an end to, put + a stop to, call + a halt on, bring + an end to, bring to + an end, sound + the death knell for, kill off

Ex: Following in the footsteps of Beeching's axe which put paid to the branch-line era of the railways, many rural bus routes have now been threatened by rising petrol costs.

Ex: The abolition of the central and of the district libraries in 1803 put an end to a project which had met too many problems.

Ex: Distressed, anxious, not a little angry, she at first decided to confront her daughter and put a stop to the affair at once, brooking no argument.

Ex: These are the people who say that libraries should call a halt on 'business as usual', based on what is felt 'to be good for the community'.

Ex: He became famous as the leader of illegal metalworkers' strikes that helped bring an end to the military dictatorship in the mid-1970s.

Ex: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.

Ex: Terror threats have sounded the death knell for traditional Christmas festivities in Peshawar.

Ex: 'Hyperindividualised' news was always one of the reasons the internet was supposed to be going to kill off print.