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

• inter
• bury

Examples of put away in a Sentence

the naval authorities put away the body yesterday

Recent Examples on the Web

Anything that's safe to store in these rooms should still be put away in an airtight plastic container with a lid to keep environmental elements out. —Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025

Its marketing materials show robots handing an apple to a human, making coffee, putting away groceries and dishes, pouring drinks, and watering plants. —Maya Cakmak, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2025

Here in his little 80-page grin-inducing edition published by Titan Books featuring those intimidating Klingons during their downtime, Spiotto lets his imagination run rampant in envisioning just what existence is like after the antagonism and combat plans are put away. —Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025

However, Lugo struggled to put away the Tigers with two outs. —Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 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