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 departed.

—H. A. Overstreet

b

: divorce

2

: to eat or drink up : consume

3

a

: to confine especially in a mental institution

b

: bury

c

: kill

Synonyms of put away

• inter
• bury

Examples of put away in a Sentence

the naval authorities put away the body yesterday

Recent Examples on the Web

Oregon went 4-for-8 on fourth down, including a 1-yard touchdown run by Jordon Davison with 16 seconds left in regulation that put a fitting capper on a game the Ducks mostly controlled but couldn’t quite put away. —Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026

When holiday lights are put away, nature’s displays are here to stay. —Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025

But Steve returns the uniform to its drawer, an apt metaphor to putting away his hero-ing duties, and picks up a bouncing new baby as the camera pans around to reveal Evans' face. —Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Dec. 2025

Detroit then closed with an 11-2 run to put away the game. —CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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

Rhymes for put away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway