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

Southwest Airlines will start landing procedures at a higher altitude, requiring travelers to fasten their seatbelts and put away laptops and tray tables earlier in the flight. —Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024

Bemidji State 20, Western Colorado 19: With the Mountaineers driving to put away their second playoff victory in as many weeks, fate took a cruel turn. —Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2024

If getting the kitchen cleaned is a top priority, making sure the leftovers are put away is the first step, but the food is still warm and there is steam coming from your takeaway containers. —Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024

All personal devices for those students would have to be silenced and put away. —Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

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