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Verb: put away  pût u'wey
  1. Store or return something to its proper place
    "She put away the dishes after washing them"
     
  2. Turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
    "it's time for you to put away childish things";
    - put aside
     
  3. (law) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    "The suspects were put away without trial";
    - imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug [N. Amer, informal], gaol [Brit], remand, prison [archaic]
     
  4. Throw or cast away
    "Put away your worries";
    - discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away
     
  5. Stop using
    "the students put away their notebooks"; "the children were told to put away their toys";
    - put aside
     
  6. Eat or drink heartily
    "My son put away a whole pizza";
    - tuck in, tuck away, tuck into
     
  7. Put (an animal) to death
    "The customs agents put away the dog that was found to be rabid";
    - destroy, put down, put to sleep

Derived forms: puts away, putting away, put away

Type of: break, break off, cease, confine, cut off, detain, discontinue, disrupt, eat up, euthanase [Brit], euthanatise [Brit, rare], euthanatize [rare], euthanise [Brit], euthanize, finish, get rid of, give up, interrupt, kill, lay off, polish off [informal], quit, remove, stop, surcease [archaic]