put away — [v2] incarcerate certify, commit, confine, institutionalize, jail, lock up; concept 317 Ant. free, liberate put away [v3] consume devour, eat up, gobble*, gulp down, polish off*, punish, put down, shift, swill, wolf down*; concept 169 Ant.… … New thesaurus
put away — put an animal to death, kill We had to have our dog put away because he tried to bite the small girl next door … Idioms and examples
put away — ► put away informal 1) consume (food or drink) in large quantities. 2) confine in a prison or psychiatric hospital. Main Entry: ↑put … English terms dictionary
put away — index keep (shelter), preserve, retain (keep in possession), set aside (reserve) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
put away — verb 1. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape (Freq. 2) The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend She locked her jewels in the safe • Syn: ↑lock in, ↑lock away, ↑lock, ↑shut up, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
put away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms put away : present tense I/you/we/they put away he/she/it puts away present participle putting away past tense put away past participle put away 1) to put something in the place where you usually keep it when… … English dictionary
put away — {v.} 1. To put in the right place or out of sight. * /She put away the towels./ 2. To lay aside; stop thinking about. * /He put his worries away for the weekend./ 3. {informal} To eat or drink. * /He put away a big supper and three cups of coffee … Dictionary of American idioms
put away — {v.} 1. To put in the right place or out of sight. * /She put away the towels./ 2. To lay aside; stop thinking about. * /He put his worries away for the weekend./ 3. {informal} To eat or drink. * /He put away a big supper and three cups of coffee … Dictionary of American idioms
put away — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you put something away, you put it into the place where it is normally kept when it is not being used, for example in a drawer. [V n P] She finished putting the milk away and turned around... [V P n (not pron)] Yes, Mum,… … English dictionary
put away — 1. to kill Especially of old, diseased, or unwanted pets: I have left instructions for Buller to be put away as painlessly as possible. (G. Greene, 1978 Buller was a dog) To put yourself away is to commit suicide. 2. obsolete to… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
