1
as in to inter
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
the naval authorities put away the body yesterday
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as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover
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3
as in to eat
to take in as food
can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting
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Recent Examples of put away
As for China, trends over the past few months have made consumers put away their pocketbooks.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
Even still, early in the fourth quarter, USC had an opportunity to put away Minnesota.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
As a bonus, everyone will have a place to put away their shoes once returning home, too.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
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
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
Even still, early in the fourth quarter, USC had an opportunity to put away Minnesota.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
As a bonus, everyone will have a place to put away their shoes once returning home, too.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
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
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She was initially interred in a vault beneath the cemetery’s chapel, Selzer says, but was buried in the Willowmere section, Lot 10-16 Sub C, Grave 3 in 1953 —the same year her 41-room mansion at 1000 N. Lake Shore Drive was demolished.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Reynoso’s husband, who remains hopeful her body will be found, initially planned to inter her in Mexico but later decided her body, if found, will stay in Tennessee.Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
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In Munich, demobilized soldiers, right-wing paramilitaries, and Communist militants fought in the streets, while leaders of the new Weimar Republic were routinely assassinated.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The year after Lincoln was assassinated by slavery supporter John Wilkes Booth, strip-mining of coal got started in Lincoln’s home state of Illinois.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Miami was last in the NFL at 57 plays per game last season partly because the offense didn’t convert effectively on third downs, but also because the porous run defense allowed opponents to eat up the clock.Chris Perkins, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 July 2017
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The casual restaurant and bar also offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Sundays.Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 19 July 2017
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Some family members choose to bury their heads in the sand and blame the victim rather than the offender.Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Hunter, founder of Choose Democracy, an organization that provides resources to help Americans prepare for an undemocratic power grab, says his experience in activism has taught him that the solution isn’t to bury your head in the sand or jump to the worst-case scenario.Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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The key event of Mann’s conversion came in June, when ultranationalists in Berlin murdered his friend Walther Rathenau, the Weimar Republic’s Jewish foreign minister.George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Lambesis infamously spent nearly three years in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting an undercover cop to murder his then-wife and relaunched the band in 2018 after his release from prison.Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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If necessary, vampire bats can gorge and consume four times their body weight in liquid.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Koalas spend most of their time sleeping and eating — consuming a diet mostly of eucalyptus leaves.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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Listen to this article Merrillville man acquitted in Gary drug deal slaying Michael Baker was acquitted Friday in the Jan. 21, 2023 murder of Demetri Russell, 29.Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2024
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The sleepy spot actually holds a chilling history dating back to 1912, when two adults, Josiah and Sarah Moore, and six children were brutally slain in what is now known as the Villisca Ax Murder House.Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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NuScale executed a revenue generating agreement with Fluor (FLR) for engineering and design services for a nuclear power project.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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China practiced blockading Taiwan just last month by surrounding the island, which could, if executed in earnest, stop imports or exports from the country.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Put away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20away. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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