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

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

All those devices must be turned off and put away during the school day. — Kellye Lynn, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Defender Kevin O’Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

There are also cafés which ask customers to put away their phones. — Literary Hub, 19 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