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

Don’t put away your Adidas tracksuit just yet; Oasis is coming back for seconds. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Oregon struggled to put away Boise State in Eugene in week one, ultimately winning 34-27. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

The Arizona Cardinals, one of the day’s biggest underdogs, put away the Los Angeles Chargers on the road. — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Kaick put away a first-touch shot off a feed from Joaquín Valiente to open the scoring in the 62nd. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 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