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put away

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: put away

1
 v
stop using
2
 v
eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
3
 v
kill gently, as with an injection
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: put away
1

v stop using

“the children were told to put away their toys”
“the students put away their notebooks”
Synonyms:
put aside

v turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily

“it's time for you to put away childish things”
Synonyms:
put aside
Type of:
break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt
make a break in

v 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
Types:
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unlearn
discard something previously learnt, like an old habit
deep-six, give it the deep six
toss out; get rid of
jettison
throw away, of something encumbering
junk, scrap, trash
dispose of (something useless or old)
waste
get rid of
dump
throw away as refuse
retire
dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)
abandon
forsake, leave behind
liquidize, sell out, sell up
get rid of all one's merchandise
de-access
dispose of by selling
close out
terminate by selling off or disposing of
chuck, ditch
throw away
dispense with
forgo or do or go without
forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
consign
commit forever; commit irrevocably
Type of:
get rid of, remove
dispose of

v place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

Synonyms:
lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, shut away, shut up
Type of:
confine
prevent from leaving or from being removed

v lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Synonyms:
gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put behind bars, remand
Type of:
confine, detain
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
2

v eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

Synonyms:
tuck away, tuck in
Type of:
eat up, finish, polish off
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
3

v kill gently, as with an injection

Synonyms:
put to sleep
Type of:
kill
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
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