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