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puts away

verb

present tense third-person singular of put away
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
  1. buries
  2. murders
  3. consumes
  4. assassinates
  5. eats
  6. slays
  7. takes out
  8. executes
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  • Past a certain point, more preparation buries the message instead of sharpening it.
    — Lynn Smith, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of buries
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  • By definition, a serial killer is someone who murders two or more people during separate events, with gaps of time in between.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • To get even with Kanan, Juke murders Raq, her surrogate mother.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of murders
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  • Construction is especially exposed because the machinery that consumes heavy commodities like cement and gravel is all diesel driven.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Lynch said more than 60% of the audience already consumes the show only as a podcast.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of consumes
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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
  • 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
Definition of assassinates
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  • Hailey seems like one of those women who eats one meal of Taco Bell a day and hasn’t exercised since Friends was on the air.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • When the time is right, the snake jumps into action and eats the bird.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of eats
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  • The original seven-season series followed Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers, a young woman who slays vampires, demons and other supernatural creatures with the help of her friends.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The open back instantly elevates it beyond a basic long-sleeve, and the just-so crop absolutely slays.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of slays
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  • But as Marty Supreme proved last year, debuting after the rest of the competition can also feel a bit like being the lone straggler in a bike race who escapes the cascading crash that takes out everyone else.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Personal loans aren't solving the problem - A common pattern MMI sees is that someone takes out a personal loan to consolidate high-interest credit card debt, then runs the credit cards back up again, ending up with both debts instead of one.
    — Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of takes out
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  • When 32-year-old Alom teaches one of her students a move and the student successfully executes it, the others applaud and cheer her on.
    — Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
  • This teammate executes decisions at a speed no human workflow can match.
    — Rafael Flores, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of executes
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“Puts away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puts%20away. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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