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

Morning kitchen, Sunday, March 16, 2003: Nothing has been put away here, neither the remains of the meal nor those of love. —Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024

Prosecutors were asking for at least 20 years, and the jail’s former warden wanted Martinez put away for life. —John Annese, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024

Regardless, Gen Z is less likely to be saving money or putting away funds for retirement than other generations, another Bankrate survey in September found. —Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024

The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management urged residents to put away the fireworks this Fourth of July as wildfire danger remains high. —Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

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