From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishput a stop to somethingput a stop to somethingSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto prevent something from continuing or happening The government is determined to put a stop to the demonstrations. → stop
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put a stop to something• I thought I'd put a stop to this nonsense!• But the inquest put a stop to all that.• If I remember correctly, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put a stop to that.• The law officers should put a stop to the practice forthwith.• This should put a stop to the sort of attempt made by Hanson after it had successfully taken-over Imperial.• She decided to put a stop to their relationship.• There are some very dubious practices and we want to put a stop to them.• An attempt to annex nearby Epizephyrian Lokri was put a stop to by Hiero in 478.• They was charging people a dollar to see him before West put a stop to it. 