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单词 put a (or the) lid on
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put a (or the) lid on

informal Put a stop to: it’s time to put the lid on all the talk...
  • You have been very passive about something that is entirely within your control to put a lid on.
  • But now there will be no putting a lid on what will be a huge clamour for a windfall from customers who have every right to it.
  • The final decision was to put a lid on any further investigation of Jack the Ripper.

Synonyms

stop, control, finish, end, put an end to, be the end of, put a stop to, put paid to, destroy
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