put away

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (7)

  1. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape“The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend”“She locked her jewels in the safe”Synonyms: lock inlock awaylockput awayshut upshut awaylock up
  2. throw or cast away“Put away your worries”Synonyms: discardflingtosstoss outtoss awaychuck outcast asidedisposethrow outcast outthrow awaycast awayput away
  3. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail“The suspects were imprisoned without trial”“the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life”Synonyms: imprisonincarceratelagimmureput behind barsjailjuggaolput awayremand
  4. stop using“the children were told to put away their toys”“the students put away their notebooks”Synonyms: put awayput aside
  5. kill gently, as with an injection“the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep”Synonyms: put awayput to sleep
  6. eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food“My son tucked in a whole pizza”Synonyms: tuck intuck awayput away
  7. turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily“it's time for you to put away childish things”Synonyms: put awayput aside
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