put away meaning and definition

PUT AWAY verb

Definition of put away (verb)

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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"
   • synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put behind bars, remand
4. stop using
   • "the children were told to put away their toys"; "the students put away their notebooks"
   • synonyms: put aside
5. kill gently, as with an injection
   • "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep"
   • synonyms: put to sleep
6. eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
   • "My son tucked in a whole pizza"
   • synonyms: tuck away, tuck in
7. turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
   • "it's time for you to put away childish things"
   • synonyms: put aside