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

Shoppers put away their pocketbooks after splurging some for the holidays. —Evan Clark, WWD, 14 Feb. 2025

For her first five years, Tharp performed only new work, and once it had been done it was put away, in almost every case for good. —Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2025

Experts urge individuals to create an emergency fund, whether that means putting away even a small amount in a separate account every month. —Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025

According to Statcast, the sweeper has been Coulombe's most reliable strikeout pitch over the last two seasons, using out to put away batters on 24.3 percent of his K's in 2023, upping that rate to 28.1 percent in 2024. —Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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