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

The 23-year-old midfielder put away a straight-away free kick from 30 yards out to open the scoring in first-half stoppage time. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Turgeman put away passes from Peyton Miller in the 21st and 51st minutes, the 22-year-old's first multi-goal game in MLS. — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

As Arcadia police approached the house in May 2025, Xuan allegedly ordered one nanny to put away the sticks used to hit the children, according to the complaint. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Last month, Cate Blanchett, from the London stage of National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre after the curtain call of Electra/Persona, asked fans to put away their cellphones. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Oct. 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