Put away - definition, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpʊt əˈweɪ|
Brit.
|ˈpʊt əˈweɪ|
verb
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape (syn: lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, shut up)
- throw or cast away (syn: cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, throw away, throw out, toss)
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (syn: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, remand)
- stop using (syn: put aside)
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food (syn: tuck in)
- turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily (syn: put aside)
- throw or cast away (syn: cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, throw away, throw out, toss)
- lock up or confine, in or as in a jail (syn: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, remand)
- stop using (syn: put aside)
the children were told to put away their toys
the students put away their notebooks
- kill gently, as with an injectionthe students put away their notebooks
- eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food (syn: tuck in)
- turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily (syn: put aside)
it's time for you to put away childish things
Extra examples
It's time to put away those foolish ideas and become serious.
The judge put the criminal away for ten years
It was kinder to put the old dog away than to let him suffer.
You'd be surprised at the amount that boy can put away in a single day.
Then Joseph was minded to put her away.
...the naval authorities put away the body yesterday...
...after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover...
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