put paid to 毁坏, 破坏, 结束, 了结
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]