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

So put away the cute baby pics, AJ Dybantsa. — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Five minutes into stoppage time, Messi put away a rebound save of his own shot, slotting the ball home from the left side of the area, to give the South Americans some breathing room. — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

An officer again asked if the dog was put away. — City News Service, Daily News, 20 June 2026

And in Las Vegas, the Carolina Hurricanes put away the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 for their first Stanley Cup in 20 years. — Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 20 June 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