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Verb: put away pût u'wey- Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- lock in, lock away, lock, shut up, shut away, lock up - 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 - (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] - Stop using
"the students put away their notebooks"; "the children were told to put away their toys"; - put aside - Kill gently, as with an injection
- put to sleep, euthanize, euthanise [Brit], euthanase - Eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
"My son put away a whole pizza"; - tuck in, tuck away - Turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
"it's time for you to put away childish things"; - put aside
Derived forms: puts away, putting away, put away See also: put Type of: break up, confine, cut off, detain, disrupt, eat up, finish, get rid of, interrupt, kill, polish off [informal], remove |