1. Place someone, especially a child, in bed for sleep
   "She put the kids to bed at 8 PM"
    
2. Finalize or complete a project, especially in publishing
   "We need to put this issue of the magazine to bed by Friday"
    
3. [informal] Settle or resolve conclusively
   "Let's put this argument to bed once and for all"

Derived forms: puts to bed, putting to bed, put to bed

Encyclopedia: Put to bed