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put at rest

verb as in tranquilize

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Taylor said his mind was put at rest at a cast dinner before shooting on the movie began.

From Reuters

It adds that those who applied to university without knowing about the allowances would have had their minds put at rest.

From BBC

The company has also tried to put at rest worries about its operations in China, saying the trade tensions have not impacted its business there.

From Reuters

“I think the fault really lies with a number of the Iraqis who wasted and squandered the opportunity they had after the government was reconstituted not to put at rest some of these sectarian tensions and not to be more inclusive as far as bringing the Sunni community in,” Brennan said.

Yes, it was a great zinger when Lily Tomlin cracked that “Finally, we can put at rest that negative stereotype that men just aren’t funny.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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