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| English | Russian |
| put a decisive end to | поставить крест на (Sadly, that was as far as they went – South Africa put a decisive end to the host nation's dreams for this particular world cup. Maria Klavdieva) |
| take decisive action with someone/something | брать на абордаж (Originally the Russian phrase meant "to attack an enemy vessel by coming alongside it and mooring with it for the purpose of hand-to-hand combat." (Sophia Lubensky, Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms) VLZ_58) |
| take decisive action with someone or something | брать на абордаж (VLZ_58) |