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 departedH. A. Overstreet
b
2
: to eat or drink up : consume
3
a
: to confine especially in a mental institution
b
: bury
c
: kill

Examples of put away in a Sentence

the naval authorities put away the body yesterday
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In a more realistic scenario, where the parent has put away $1,000 into the account per year, this would drop to $55,831—which is still no small amount to help toward expensive college bills. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 Just make sure to put away your phone and pull out a good book, because this place is tailor-made for unplugging. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025 But more painful were the three championship points lost, the last of which included a defensive lob from De Minaur, which Davidovich Fokina could have put away with an overhead. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 July 2025 So the Fosters can put away up to $5,000 pre-tax to go toward child care costs. Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for put away

Word History

First Known Use

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of put away was in the 14th century

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“Put away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20away. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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