phrasal verb (idiom) · formal
put paid to
/pʊt peɪd tuː/PUT·PAID·TO
task2speaking
bring something to an end completely; spoil plans or hopes
Examples
“The sudden budget cuts put paid to our expansion plans.”
“His injury put paid to any hopes of a comeback this season.”
“A lack of funding put paid to the project.”
Band 8 sentence
“The discovery of budget irregularities put paid to any immediate plans for the expansion.”
Collocations
- put paid to someone's plans
- put paid to hopes
Word family
put paid to idiom/v
Common mistakes
The strike paid put to our plans.→The strike put paid to our plans.
It put paid the project.→It put paid to the project.
Say it for a higher band
5end→6spoil→7+put paid to
Synonyms
spoil
Easily confused
spoil
“The rain spoiled our picnic.”
Related words
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