lay to rest

1. See lay at rest .

2. Bury someone, as in She wanted to be laid to rest beside her husband . This usage replaced the earlier go to rest . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

It was the moment she lay to rest the Olympic ghosts of three years ago.

From BBC

Hull City Council told the BBC it would speak with those affected "to agree how we can lay to rest unidentified ashes".

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In Abu Dhabi this week Mr Al Jaber was at pains to lay to rest any doubts about his ambitions for the main talks.

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Now, to be a part of the laying to rest.

From Washington Times

Their Champions League triumph was the final piece of their Treble-winning jigsaw, laying to rest their European hoodoo by winning a trophy that had eluded them for so long.

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