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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Prior to Olathe Public Schools implementing its cellphone policy, Lisa Mansfield spent a lot of time policing her classroom and asking her students to put away their phones. Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025 Pinewood had some trouble putting away Priory (22-5) early on, scoring just eight points in the first quarter and leading 25-19 at the halftime break. Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025 Thiel believed that a maturing tech industry needed to put away its eToys.com and devote itself to the serious business of national defense. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025 These are folks that most people have put away and out of their mind. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 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 13 Mar. 2025.

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