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put away

verb

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Definitions & examples

01verb

place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

“The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend”

“She locked her jewels in the safe”

02verb

throw or cast away

“Put away your worries”

03verb

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

“The suspects were imprisoned without trial”

“the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life”

04verb

stop using

“the children were told to put away their toys”

“the students put away their notebooks”

3 more meanings

05verb

kill gently, as with an injection

“the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep”

06verb

eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

“My son tucked in a whole pizza”

07verb

turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily

“it's time for you to put away childish things”

Meanings and examples from Open English WordNet 2025. About our sources ↗