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

With the film going into wide release on Dec. 25, Unknown has helped Dylan’s storied catalog receive a huge spike on streaming services since Christmas Day, with listeners putting away their holiday playlists and picking up Highway 61 Revisited. —Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2025

Uranus in Gemini pushes us to put away the swords and instead use our Mercurial communication skills to take a stand. —Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 19 Dec. 2024

Turn off your music, your computer and put away the cellphone. —Corrin Gani, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024

Particularly for those who are audio learners or who benefit from dialogic learning, consider closing your laptop and putting away your notebook. —Christopher Rim, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

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