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

Kevin Verville agreed to put away groceries while Sheila drove his wife and baby to the agency office to fill out paperwork. —Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025

But Thuram’s injury and Marko Arnautovic’s misses in the first leg of their last-16 clash stopped Inter from putting away Atletico Madrid, who seized on a mistake by Benjamin Pavard to come back from 1-0 down in the second leg and 2-0 down in the tie to knock them out. —James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 May 2025

For example, offering to clear the table and put away leftovers after dinner is much different than deep cleaning the fridge in the process. —Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2025

To put away the Bearcats, the Panthers will need to keep their foot on the gas. —Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 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