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Old 04-26-2011, 01:42 PM   #786
limey
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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl View Post
I used to be in a war... And I put paid to quite a few like you.
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot View Post
Is that sentence missing prepositions or subjects or something? I'm not sure what it means. At all.
I suspect it's a quote from a British comedy series (League of Gentlemen, am I right?). Anyway ...
[translator] ..."to put paid to" = to make and end of, kill, finish [/translator]
Does that help?
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