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

Earlier in the day, ninth-seeded Iowa (21-11) trounced Maryland 74-57, using a 21-0 run to put away an overmatched Terrapins team that finished 12-21. —Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026

Is there a time when phones should be put away and not used in the classroom? —Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026

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

Grab some of the clean laundry to put away. —Julianna Chen, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 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