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 match was great; Menšík, 20, fought through a grueling third set to finally put away Fonseca, who had been a darling of the tournament so far. —Chris Branch, New York Times, 3 June 2026

All three were put away with sliders. —Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026

Laundry — the end-to-end folding and putting away — is genuinely, profoundly hard. —John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Just make sure to put away your phone and pull out a good book, because this place is tailor-made for unplugging. —Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 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