Search Result:put away
Overview of verb put_away
The verb put away has 7 senses
- lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up -- (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")
- discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away -- (throw or cast away; "Put away your worries")
- imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand -- (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")
- put away, put aside -- (stop using; "the children were told to put away their toys"; "the students put away their notebooks")
- put away, put to sleep -- (kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep")
- tuck in, tuck away, put away -- (eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza")
- put away, put aside -- (turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "it's time for you to put away childish things")