put away

verb

1. 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”

   Synonyms

   • lock in, lock away, lock, shut up, shut away, lock up

   Less specific

   • confine

2. throw or cast away; “Put away your worries”

   Synonyms

   • discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away

   Less specific

   • get rid of, remove

   More specific

   • unlearn, deep-six, give it the deep six, jettison, trash, junk, scrap, waste, dump, retire, abandon, sell out, sell up, liquidize, de-access (more) , close out

3. 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”

   Synonyms

   • imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, remand

   Less specific

   • confine, detain

4. stop using; “the children were told to put away their toys”; “the students put away their notebooks”

   Synonyms

   • put aside

5. kill gently, as with an injection; “the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep”

   Synonyms

   • put to sleep

   Less specific

   • kill

6. eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; “My son tucked in a whole pizza”

   Synonyms

   • tuck in, tuck away

   Less specific

   • eat up, finish, polish off

   Entails

   • eat

7. turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; “it’s time for you to put away childish things”

   Synonyms

   • put aside

   Less specific

   • interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off