'put paid to' definitions:

Definition of 'put paid to'

From: GCIDE
  • put paid to \put paid to\, v. t.
  • 1. To put an end to. Hence: To prove false; to discredit; as, Galileo's observations put paid to the notion that the Earth was the center of the universe. [PJC]
  • 2. To defeat; to cause the defeat of. [PJC]
  • The Argentine's infamous Hand of God goals when he punched the ball into the net, and a spectacular solo effort put paid to England in the last eight . . . --Sunday Times, 17 May 1998 [PJC]