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put away
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Verb
  • turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
    • it's time for you to put away childish things
  • eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
    • My son tucked in a whole pizza
  • kill gently, as with an injection
    • the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep
  • stop using
    • the children were told to put away their toys
    • the students put away their notebooks
  • 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
  • throw or cast away
    • Put away your worries
  • 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
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