lay somebody to rest

lay (someone or something) to rest

1. To bury someone who has died. Paul will be laid to rest on Saturday, and I plan to go to the funeral service.
2. By extension, to stop or finish discussing, thinking about, or focusing on something. OK, I think we have to agree to disagree. Let's just lay the issue to rest and stop arguing. Why are you still being so jealous? I thought we'd laid this all to rest ages ago.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lay somebody to ˈrest

(formal) bury somebody: He was laid to rest beside his parents.
See also: lay, rest, somebody
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See also:
  • lay (someone or something) to rest
  • lay something to rest
  • lay to rest
  • put (someone or something) to rest
  • inter in
  • inter in (something)
  • lay away
  • bury the hatchet
  • bury the hatchet, to
  • hatchet