bring something to an end

bring something to an end
bring something to a close & bring something to an end & bring something to a climax
to end something; to cause something to reach its final point and stop. •

I think it is time to bring this matter to a close.

The incident has been brought to a climax.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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