lay to rest

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lay to rest - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lay to rest
      v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
           Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
           the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last
           Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
           ]