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Ukraine and Lithuania jointly put paid to Russia's election bid to chemical weapons watchdog board (www.pravda.com.ua)

submitted 11 months ago by Ulara@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Ulara@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, "to put paid to (something)" is a rather rare British English idiom, and I also had to look it up. Basically, it means "to stop something from happening or spoil plans for something".

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks