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

But what is most impressive focusing on the modern age is that 50 goals have been put away in 2024/2025 in shorter time than the fabled 'MSN' trident consisting of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar needed. —Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

Alcala appeared on The Dating Game in 1978, but he wasn't arrested and put away for good until 1979. —Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024

Numerous people reported Alcala in relation to assaults and killings over the course of more than a decade before he was finally put away for good in July 1979. —Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024

First and foremost, chili should be stored in an airtight container, so put away any notion of putting the slow-cooker basin or stockpot directly into the refrigerator. —Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

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