puts away

verb

Definition of puts awaynext
present tense third-person singular of put away
1
as in buries
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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2
as in murders
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 consumes
to take in as food can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting

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  1. consumes
  2. eats
  3. executes
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  • Of course, although India's demand growth in percentage and volume terms exceeds China's growth in the EIA's forecast, the latter still consumes significantly more oil.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • During that brief life, the serverless function consumes some amount of memory and CPU.
    Matt Butcher, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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  • If Chicago eats about half the deal, the Dodgers could trade a pitcher like Bobby Miller to the Windy City to appease the Cubs and bring Suzuki to Los Angeles.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Sombrero ground lizards are a small reptile that primarily eats the eggs of ground-nesting birds, corn, and other plants.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of eats
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  • Fred Battisti develops and executes a companywide leasing strategy as First National Realty Partners' Chief Revenue Officer.
    Fred Battisti, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • If the company executes well on its foundry plans and delivers compelling new CPU and GPU chips, Intel could see almost 3x upside.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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puts aside

puts away

puts by

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