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

• inter
• bury

Examples of put away in a Sentence

the naval authorities put away the body yesterday

Recent Examples on the Web

The best sets offer a mix of timeless classics and inventive new scents, from Diptyque’s imaginative creations to Dries Van Noten’s fragrance bottles that are almost too beautiful to put away. —Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025

The Bills, at times, struggled to put away one of the NFL’s worst teams at home. —Scott Phillips, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

First thing on New Year’s Day, Lynch posted the video on TikTok and then promptly put away her phone, vowing not to look at the post. —Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025

Don’t put away your gardening tools just yet! —Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 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