Ukraine and Lithuania jointly put paid to Russia�s election bid to chemical weapons watchdog board
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The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Lithuania worked together to unseat Russia from the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), where it has traditionally had great influence.
    • UlaraOPУкраїнська
      9·
      10 months ago

      Yes, “to put paid to (something)” is a rather rare British English idiom, and I also had to look it up. Basically, it means “to stop something from happening or spoil plans for something”.

    • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
      6·
      10 months ago

      “The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Lithuania worked together to unseat Russia from the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW),”