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

One person unpacks the food in the kitchen while the others put away the rest. —Brittany Huston, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026

Commit to putting away only the laundry, say, not cleaning the entire room. —Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026

But Porter made two early shots in the second half before his critical stretch put away the Cardinals. —ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026

She could be put away and go to jail for embezzling Sophie’s dowry, and Armenta is deathly afraid of being called out in front of society. —Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for put away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway