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

• bury
• entomb
• hearse
• inhume
• inter
• lay
• tomb

Examples of put away in a Sentence

the naval authorities put away the body yesterday

Recent Examples on the Web

Howerton bounced back with consecutive outs but couldn’t put away Jaley James, who cleared the bases with a double. T5 Grandview - 7 Whitesboro - 1@JaleyJames lines one into right center for a bases clearing 3 rbi double! —Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025

The phone pouches will be a tool to help ensure adherence to already established middle school guidelines that require students to put away their phones during the school day, said Mark Gonnella, U-46’s coordinator of culture. —Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025

To attain the $1.26 million retirement goal based on a 7 percent annual return in investments, a person would need to put away approximately $1,035 each month, which amounts to $12,420 annually. —Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025

Routinely up by eight or nine points in the second and third quarters, the Lynx could not put away the Wings. —Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 22 May 2025

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