ставить точку

• СТАВИТЬ/ПОСТАВИТЬ ТОЧКУ

[VP; subj: human]

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1. ставить точку (на чём) to cease doing sth. (temporarily or permanently):

- X поставил точку{{}}≈ X called it quits;

- X quit at that;

- X hung it up;

- X left it at that;

- [in limited contexts] X called it a day;

|| X поставил точку на Y-e ≈ X closed the book(s) <the door> on Y;

- X drew the curtain on <over> Y;

- X laid Y to rest.

2. ставить точку (на ком-чём) to terminate a relationship with s.o.:

- X поставил точку на Y-e - X put an end to thing Y;

- X was through with person Y;

- X severed his relationship with person Y;

- X parted company with person Y.

     ♦ [author's usage] Что же касается жены, то его [Вадима] с нею уже ничто не связывало. Отказавшись взять Вадима из больницы, она сама поставила точку в их недолгих и малопонятных и ей и ему взаимоотношениях (Максимов 3). As for his [Vadim's] wife, the last ties between them had been broken long ago. By refusing to take Vadim home from the hospital she had put an end to their brief and-for both of them-incomprehensible liaison (3a).