How to Use put away in a Sentence

put away

verb

• Keep garbage, bird feeders, pet food and other attractants put away in a secure building.
  — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024
• Will Stafford protect the ball and find a way to put away the game?
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
• Get out the Windex and put away those proverbial stones!
  — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
• But Notre Dame answered with an 8-0 run to put away the game.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb. 2022
• The Beavers put away each of their first two games by the early stages of the third quarter.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
• Start by putting away leftovers and then scrape all the scraps off plates.
  — Genevieve Ko, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• The visitors ran off six straight points for a 19-12 lead and put away the set.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• My gosh, the sky’s the limit, so put away the bingo cards and enjoy life!
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2024
• Others might be moved to put away their guns, as is hoped.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2023
• The season could prompt a cleanup of the house, preparing the garden, or putting away the heavy parkas.
  — Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• Dellent would finish the drive with a touchdown pass to Brown to put away the game at 31-7.
  — Azcentral Sports, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2022
• Wool put away his stencils decades ago, and none of those works appear in the new show.
  — Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
• This year, after the dishes are done and the leftovers are put away, serve desert in front of the TV for a movie marathon.
  — Leah Hall, Country Living, 24 Oct. 2022
• Tell your friends to put away that corkscrew for good, this electric machine is more than up to the task.
  — Kirsten Chanel Webber, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• Picking up all the clothes, washing and drying all the clothes, folding and putting away all the clothes.
  — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
• So put away those loppers and pruning saws for a few more weeks.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2021
• Don’t let the current warmth lull you into putting away those coats just yet.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2023
• Lacy’s 84-yard catch-and-run finally put away the Lions on the first play of the fourth quarter.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• Sunday, the Lakers needed a big game from James to put away Utah.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2023
• Coach Steve Kerr cleared the bench and sat his starters and regulars early in the fourth quarter with the game put away.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
• That might sound crazy, but what a way to get people to put away their cellphones and start talking to strangers again.
  — Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
• The Ravens needed only one first down to put away the game late in the fourth quarter Saturday.
  — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 28 Dec. 2022
• Still feel strange to have put away the cheery, colorful and perhaps even glitzy baubles and pillows, and tchotchkes?
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
• The six books come in a sturdy box, so young ones will have fun taking them out and putting away their special books.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 17 May 2024
• Tatum made the technical foul free throw to start overtime, helping the Celtics put away the Lakers in OT.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2023
• Team equipment gets stored for the summer and school uniforms are washed, folded, and put away.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• Nick Chubb pointed the finger at himself, taking the blame for a touchdown run that should have put away the Jets.
  — Tom Withers, ajc, 20 Sep. 2022
• That came a week after putting away Tempe Corona del Sol 4-2 in two overtimes.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
• Students may keep their phones with them as long as they're powered off and put away during class.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• Make sure your kid also folds and puts away their clothes—leaving clean laundry in a heap on the floor is no fun for anyone.
  — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024