put away

1. (verb) turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "She turned away from her painting"
Related Words: break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt

2. (verb) kill gently, as with an injection, as of pet animals
Synonyms: put to sleep
Related Words: kill

3. (verb) eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"
Synonyms: tuck away, tuck in
Related Words: eat up, finish, polish off

4. (verb) 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, lock away, lock in, lock up, shut away, shut up
Related Words: confine

5. (verb) lock up in jail
Synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put behind bars, remand
Related Words: confine, detain

6. (verb) throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
Synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out
Related Words: abandon, close out, de-access, deep-six, dump, get rid of, give it the deep six, jettison, junk, liquidize, pension off, remove, retire, scrap, sell off, sell out, sell up, trash, unlearn, waste



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