1
as in to inter
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
the naval authorities put away the body yesterday
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2
as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover
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3
as in to eat
to take in as food
can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting
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Recent Examples of put away
Even if the products are used to scrub counters, Gagliardi explains that they should be put away once the job is done.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2025
In a more realistic scenario, where the parent has put away $1,000 into the account per year, this would drop to $55,831—which is still no small amount to help toward expensive college bills.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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, 29 July 2025
But more painful were the three championship points lost, the last of which included a defensive lob from De Minaur, which Davidovich Fokina could have put away with an overhead.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 July 2025
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2025
In a more realistic scenario, where the parent has put away $1,000 into the account per year, this would drop to $55,831—which is still no small amount to help toward expensive college bills.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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, 29 July 2025
But more painful were the three championship points lost, the last of which included a defensive lob from De Minaur, which Davidovich Fokina could have put away with an overhead.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for put away
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At first, the remains of U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces personnel were interred in the Schofield Barracks Cemetery until the American Graves Registration Service disinterred the remains in August 1947.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Tillich’s ashes were interred here in 1966, a year after New Harmony was designated a National Historic Landmark.—
Rima Suqi,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Only five years earlier, Hill had rescued Jacqueline Kennedy in a moving limousine after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in a Dallas motorcade.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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In 1983, the United States invaded the island after its young socialist leader, Maurice Bishop was assassinated, along with a dozen others, by his own comrades.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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This spot for soccer fans offers lots of pub fare to eat and drink.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2025
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The calls came while eating lunch, while lying in bed at night.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Iranians had built a uranium-enrichment facility at Fordo and buried it inside a mountain — nearly 300 feet beneath the surface.—
Yossi Melman,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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YouTube siphons up to 45% of ad revenue; Spotify pays artists less than a penny per stream; TikTok’s algorithm can bury a post without warning.—
Tomer Warschauer Nuni,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The two had become friends, but police arrested Knox and charged her with murdering Kercher.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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As teenagers, they were convicted of murdering three 8-year-old boys, allegedly as part of Satanic rites.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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And for the first time, his mind wasn’t consumed with basketball.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Unlike other cooling methods, like the evaporative towers that cool many data centers, the direct-to-chip method using a cooling plate consumes no water.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Aug. 2025
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An additional three people have been slain this year in the 101st Precinct, which covers Far Rockaway from Beach 59th St. east to the Long Island border.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Earlier this year, inmates Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley were slain at the prison.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Florida is set to execute a death row inmate for the kidnapping and stabbing death of a young woman who was attacked at work more than four decades ago.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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Alabama has executed three people, while Oklahoma and Tennessee have carried out two each.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Put away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20away. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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