Wiktionary
put to rest
vb. to settle or finish, especially a question or discussion
Usage examples of "put to rest".
All of our misgivings can be put to rest by information, and we can gather that information for ourselves, through close and careful observation of the true state of things on Ne'elat.
He knew that in another week he might very well have put to rest all the torment of the past four years.
But that meant there was another debt that needed to be put to rest.
I trust that their judgment will eventually carry the day even in academic circles and that this tedious debate in the back pages of various linguistic journals will at last be put to rest.