lay to rest

[lay to rest] {v. phr.}, {informal}

1. To put a dead person into a grave or tomb; bury.

* /President Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery./

2. To get rid of; put away permanently; stop.

* /The Scoutmaster's fears that Tom had drowned were laid to rest when Tom came back and said he had gone for a boat ride./

* /The rumor that the principal had accepted another job was laid to rest when he said it wasn't true./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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