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1. put_away - verb

· 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"

Synonym(s): lock_in, lock_away, lock, shut_up, shut_away, lock_up

Hypernym(s): confine




2. put_away - verb

· throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

Synonym(s): discard, fling, toss, toss_out, toss_away, chuck_out, cast_aside, dispose, throw_out, cast_out, throw_away, cast_away

Hypernym(s): get_rid_of, remove




3. put_away - verb

· 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"

Synonym(s): imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put_behind_bars, jail, jug, gaol, remand

Hypernym(s): confine, detain




4. put_away - verb

· stop using; "the children were told to put away their toys"; "the students put away their notebooks"

Synonym(s): put_aside




5. put_away - verb

· kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep"

Synonym(s): put_to_sleep

Hypernym(s): kill




6. put_away - verb

· eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"

Synonym(s): tuck_in, tuck_away

Hypernym(s): eat_up, finish, polish_off




7. put_away - verb

· turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "it's time for you to put away childish things"

Synonym(s): put_aside

Hypernym(s): interrupt, disrupt, break_up, cut_off





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