Verb: put away pût u'wey
- Store or return something to its proper place
"She put away the dishes after washing them"
- Turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
"it's time for you to put away childish things";
- put aside
- (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]
- 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
- Stop using
"the students put away their notebooks"; "the children were told to put away their toys";
- put aside
- Eat or drink heartily
"My son put away a whole pizza";
- tuck in, tuck away, tuck into
- 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]