Usually means: End, conclude, or definitively finish.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. put the lid on: Merriam-Webster
  2. put the lid on: Collins English Dictionary
  3. put the lid on: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. put the lid on: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. put the lid on: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. put the lid on: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. put the lid on: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (Put the lid on)

verb:  Alternative form of put a lid on [(informal, idiomatic) To get under control, to prevent (something) from increasing or becoming more of a problem.]

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