bring/put a stop to
idiom
: to bring (something) to a state in which no further activity happens : to end (something)
Negotiations brought a stop to the conflict.
We need to put a stop to these practices.
She wanted to put a stop to the rumors.
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Across the country, law enforcement officials and prosecutors are targeting couriers to try to put a stop to the criminal operation.
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The number includes Haitians who arrived under a Biden-era two-year humanitarian parole program that Trump put a stop to on his first day back in office with an executive order.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Even as Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s lawyers agreed on Februay 3 to be more diplomatic in their comments to the media amid the This Ends with Us co-stars’ ongoing legal battle, that didn’t put a stop to finger-pointing.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
The case out of the Southern District of Florida is the latest in federal efforts to put a stop to increasing cases of North Korea remote worker fraud.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The number includes Haitians who arrived under a Biden-era two-year humanitarian parole program that Trump put a stop to on his first day back in office with an executive order.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2025
Even as Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively’s lawyers agreed on Februay 3 to be more diplomatic in their comments to the media amid the This Ends with Us co-stars’ ongoing legal battle, that didn’t put a stop to finger-pointing.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
The case out of the Southern District of Florida is the latest in federal efforts to put a stop to increasing cases of North Korea remote worker fraud.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Bring/put a stop to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring%2Fput%20a%20stop%20to. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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