1
as in buries
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 murders
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 consumes
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 Synonyms for puts away
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The Placer County Water Agency has mapped out $295 million in projects that will upgrade infrastructure, such as rebuilding plants and rehabbing buries pipes, from the foothills to the freeway.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026 -
Despite such doubts, Malaysia is positioning itself as Southeast Asia's hub for the alternative technology, a three-step process that captures, transports and buries carbon dioxide which contributes to climate change.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Geillis, on her quest to install Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne, murders her husband as a blood sacrifice and walks through the stones.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Her unscrupulous, power-hungry uncle Claudius (Kôji Yakusho) murders his own brother to become king.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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About 20% of the oil that the world consumes every day travels via the Strait of Hormuz, which runs along part of Iran’s coast.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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South Pars accounts for about 70% of the gas Iran consumes, Ira Joseph, a senior research associate at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, told ABC News.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East.—
Jill Lawrence,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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And this thing called artificial intelligence shows up and eats your lunch.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Seeing a former flame with someone else brings out a jealous bitterness that eats at Lou, which is hard not to relate to as a millennial audience member with a heart.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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Shortly after becoming husband and wife, Grace milks another loophole in the hide-and-seek rulebook and slays Titus, thereby sending the rest of the High Council to slaughter at the hands of their demonic overlord, Le Bail.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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Teyana Taylor slays in red at an event in Las Vegas, while Hudson Williams smiles for the cameras at Men's Fashion Week in Milan.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
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Mirta takes out her phone to show us pictures of Leslie singing and dancing at a family party, wiping back tears at the happy memory.—
Kevin Maurer,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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Another officer then takes out a cell phone and points it as if taking a photo.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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Iran executes 3 men detained during January protests Iran announced the execution of three men detained in January’s nationwide protests, the first such sentences known to have been carried out, the judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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William is well rounded and executes all styles with quiet confidence.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Puts away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20away. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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