put at rest
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Taylor said his mind was put at rest at a cast dinner before shooting on the movie began.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2021
She considered the hearing "an absurd circus" and wanted to testify as soon as she was medically able "in order to put at rest false rumors, innuendos and outright lies."
From Time Magazine Archive
These rumors are automatically put at rest by the explicit announcement that he will follow tradition and run again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lord Nidderdale's suggestions had soon been put at rest, and Mr Melmotte anticipated no greater difficulty with Sir Felix.
From The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
This vexed question was at length put at rest by an inquisitive Sophomore's reading the foot-note referred to, in which it was discovered that the fun was over.
From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 by Various
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