put away

verb

put away; putting away; puts away

transitive verb

1

a

: discard, renounce

to put grief away is disloyal to the memory of the departed

—H. A. Overstreet

b

: divorce

2

: to eat or drink up : consume

3

a

: to confine especially in a mental institution

b

: bury

c

: kill

Synonyms

• bury
• entomb
• hearse
• inhume
• inter
• lay
• tomb

Examples of put away in a Sentence

the naval authorities put away the body yesterday

Recent Examples on the Web

Niners signal-caller Brock Purdy had an impressive stat line — 22 of 30 for 292 yards and three scores — but couldn’t put away the game late. —Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024

Keep garbage, bird feeders, pet food and other attractants put away in a secure building. —CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024

By ensuring phones aren’t used as crutches for things like calming children, establishing times when devices are put away and reevaluating the need to respond urgently to every email and notification, parents can establish healthier habits. —Kara Alaimo, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024

In the second set, after failing to convert a break point with Tiafoe serving at 4-5, Fritz broke his fellow American at love at 5-6, putting away a backhand volley winner and then punching the air in celebration. —Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a