phrasal verb · neutral
put to bed
UK/pʊt tə ˈbed/US/pʊt tə ˈbɛd/PUT·to·BED
speakingtask2
to finish dealing with something so it is no longer a problem; (literally) to put a child to sleep
Examples
“The editor wanted to put the story to bed before the deadline.”
“They finally put the rumours to bed with an official statement.”
“Every evening she puts the baby to bed at eight o'clock.”
Band 8 sentence
“After weeks of speculation, the minister’s press conference finally put the matter to bed.”
Collocations
- put rumours/the issue to bed
- put a child to bed
Word family
put verbbed noun
Common mistakes
put to sleep→put to bed
Say it for a higher band
5end→6settle→7+put to bed
Synonyms
lay to rest
Easily confused
lay to rest
“The new evidence laid the rumours to rest.”
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