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

And no one understands that feeling quite like Catherine Grace (Lola Petticrew), the serial killer Alice helped put away — and is now confiding in. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

Under the right conditions, a single one-kilogram adult can put away four medium-sized blue crabs a day. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

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

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