put away

put away
verb
1. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape (Freq. 2)
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The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend

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She locked her jewels in the safe

• Syn: ↑lock in, ↑lock away, ↑lock, ↑shut up, ↑shut away, ↑lock up
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lockup (for: ↑lock up)
• Hypernyms: ↑confine
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

2. throw or cast away (Freq. 1)
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Put away your worries

• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms: ↑disposition (for: ↑dispose), ↑disposal (for: ↑dispose), ↑fling (for: ↑fling), ↑discard (for: ↑discard)
• Hypernyms: ↑get rid of, ↑remove
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

3. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
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The suspects were imprisoned without trial

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the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life

• Syn:
↑imprison, ↑incarcerate, ↑lag, ↑immure, ↑put behind bars, ↑jail, ↑jug, ↑gaol, ↑remand
• Derivationally related forms:
↑remand (for: ↑remand), ↑gaoler (for: ↑gaol), ↑gaol (for: ↑gaol), ↑jailer (for: ↑jail), ↑jailor (for: ↑jail), ↑jail (for: ↑jail), ↑immurement (for: ↑immure), ↑incarceration (for: ↑incarcerate), ↑imprisonment (for: ↑imprison)
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Hypernyms: ↑confine, ↑detain
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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They want to put away the prisoners

4. stop using
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the children were told to put away their toys

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the students put away their notebooks

• Syn: ↑put aside
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

5. kill gently, as with an injection
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the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep

• Syn: ↑put to sleep
• Hypernyms: ↑kill
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

6. eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
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My son tucked in a whole pizza

• Syn: ↑tuck in, ↑tuck away
• Hypernyms: ↑eat up, ↑finish, ↑polish off
• Entailment: ↑eat
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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They put away more bread

7. turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
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it's time for you to put away childish things

• Syn: ↑put aside
• Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑disrupt, ↑break up, ↑cut off
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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put away [phrasal verb]
1 put (something) away or put away (something)
1 a : to return (something) to the place where it belongs

He washed, dried, and put away the dishes after dinner.

She put the pictures away for safekeeping.

Put your notes away. It's time for the test.

1 b : to save or keep (something, such as money) to be used at a later time

Her parents started putting away money for her education the year she was born.

1 c informal : to eat (a large amount of food)

I used to put away huge meals before I went on a diet.

That guy can really put it away!

2 put (someone) away or put away (someone) informal : to cause (someone) to be kept in a prison or mental hospital

He's a vicious criminal. I hope they put him away for the rest of his life.

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Main Entry: ↑put

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