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put away

Dictionary definition · put away

verb

  1. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape"The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"
  2. throw or cast away"Put away your worries"
  3. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
  4. stop using"the children were told to put away their toys"
  5. kill gently, as with an injection"the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep"
  6. eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food"My son tucked in a whole pizza"
  7. turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily"it's time for you to put away childish things"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).