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Put away
To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
📖 Definitions of "Put away"
verb
- 1
To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
"I put the clothes away so as to neaten the room."
- 2
To store, add to one's stores for later use.
"Preparing for the worst, they put away food for the winter."
- 3
To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
"You wouldn't think such a small person could put away so much food."
- 4
To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.
"After he was convicted, they put him away for 10 years."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Put away"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tuck awayverb | (transitive) To save or hoard (something); to hide (something) in a safe spot; to squirrel away. |
| lock upverb | (transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone). |
| imprisonverb | (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will. |
| lock awayverb | (transitive) To lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view. |
| shut upverb | (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise. |
| incarcerateverb | (chiefly US, transitive) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law. |
| gaolnoun | (British) Dated spelling of jail. |
| disposeverb | (intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something. |
| jailnoun | A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. |
| throw outverb | (idiomatic) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away. |
| throw awayverb | (transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash. |
| toss outverb | (transitive, informal) To throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of (something, especially food that has gone bad). |
| chuck outverb | (slang, transitive) To discard, to dispose of (something). |
| cast outverb | (transitive) To drive out; to expel. |
| cast awayverb | (transitive) To discard. |
| discardverb | (transitive) To throw away, to reject. |
| cast asideverb | (transitive, idiomatic) Synonym of discard. |
| shut awayverb | To isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room. |
| remandnoun | The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial. |
| lock inverb | (transitive, colloquial) To prevent (someone or something) from escaping, deteriorating, or switching to an alternative. |
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