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

Year-end is when most of them make like an autumn squirrel and choose how much of next year’s pay to put away for the future. —Bruce Brumberg, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Popular on Variety All that’s left is to put away the phone and enjoy the experience. —Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024

Two officers get out and Kenyon puts away his phone. —Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

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