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

• bury
• entomb
• hearse
• inhume
• inter
• lay
• tomb

Examples of put away in a Sentence

the naval authorities put away the body yesterday

Recent Examples on the Web

The esteemed performer will put away her scripts following CBS‘ reboot of Matlock, premiering Sept. 22 and later dropping on Paramount+. —Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024

Make sure your kid also folds and puts away their clothes—leaving clean laundry in a heap on the floor is no fun for anyone. —​wendy Wisner, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024

Making the beds, putting away clothes, and tidying up daily can ensure your sleep zones are always in top shape. —Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2024

Morning kitchen, Sunday, March 16, 2003: Nothing has been put away here, neither the remains of the meal nor those of love. —Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

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