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put the lid on en · VERB
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of put a lid on.
"It seems to me, Joolby," said Mr. Nickle, […] "it seems to me definitely to put the final lid on. If you take my advice you'll cut your losses, call everything off, and get Vallett out of the way […]"
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"Well, that about puts the lid on," summed up George Larch philosophically. "It's all U.P. this journey."
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
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