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

Additionally, Lynch struggled to put away batters with his sinker and four-seam fastball. — Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026

And no one understands that feeling quite like Catherine Grace (Lola Petticrew), the serial killer Alice helped put away — and is now confiding in. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

Under the right conditions, a single one-kilogram adult can put away four medium-sized blue crabs a day. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

Simply encouraging students to put away their phones or teaching them better sleep habits wouldn’t move the needle either. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

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

Rhymes for put away

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