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| put away - turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "it's time for you to put away childish things" | ||
| put aside | ||
| disrupt, interrupt, cut off, break up throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process" | ||
| put away - kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep" | ||
| put to sleep | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| put away - stop using; "the children were told to put away their toys"; "the students put away their notebooks" | ||
| put aside | ||
| put away - 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 | ||
| get rid of, remove dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" | ||
| unlearn discard something previously learnt, like an old habit | ||
| give it the deep six, deep-six throw from a boat | ||
| jettison throw as from an airplane | ||
| junk, trash, scrap dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" | ||
| waste become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" | ||
| dump drop (stuff) in a heap or mass; "The truck dumped the garbage in the street" | ||
| retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| abandon stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" | ||
| sell up, liquidize, sell out give information that compromises others | ||
| de-access dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines" | ||
| close out terminate; "We closed out our account" | ||
| put away - 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" | ||
| imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, remand | ||
| detain, confine prevent from leaving or from being removed | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| put away - eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza" | ||
| tuck in, tuck away | ||
| eat up, polish off, finish finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" | ||
| eat eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" | ||
| put away - 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" | ||
| lock in, lock away, lock, shut up, shut away, lock up | ||
| confine prevent from leaving or from being removed | ||
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Wiktionary 
- put away (Verb)
To place out of the way , clean up . - put away (Verb)
To store, add to one's stores for later use. - put away (Verb)
To consume food or drink, especially in large quantities. - put away (Verb)
To send someone to prison. - put away (Verb)
To discard, divest oneself of. - put away (Verb)
To fend off , deflect; to dismiss. - put away (Verb)
To divorce. - put away (Verb)
To strike out a batter. - put away (Verb)
To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner. - put away (Verb)
To take a large lead in a game.
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put away
To move to its right storing place for the time it will not be used.
