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kill gently, as with an injection
the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep -
turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
it's time for you to put away childish things -
throw or cast away
Put away your worries -
eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
My son tucked in a whole pizza -
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
The suspects were imprisoned without trial -
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 -
stop using
the students put away their notebooks
the children were told to put away their toys
How To Use put away In A Sentence
- On the second, he charged to the net and put away a backhand volley to keep his hopes alive.
- `All right, I'll tell you some of it, but first, let's get my things put away, before the high priestess comes looking for me. WEB OF DREAMS
- ARS scientists, working with NRCS and universities, have done the research that has encouraged farmers to largely put away the moldboard plow and switch to conservation tillage on about 40 percent of U.S. planted acres.
- Yes, Mum," replied Cheryl as she slowly put away her doll.
- She went a bit odd and had to be put away.
- He found some disagreeable remnants — a watery stew, cold and sodden; a basin half-full of some kind of tinned soup; a chill suet pudding put away on a shelf. The Unpleasantness At The Belladonna Club
- Sometimes he looks really cute and appealing, and then others he looks like he's been ridden hard and put away wet.
- As nothing else happened and everything quieted down again, the man put away his gun, looking quite embarrassed, but he soon regained his usual sedateness.
- Please, young women, smile or simper or smirk or grin, glower or glare, or just mope about if you like, but for the love of God, please put away the duck face.
- Put away any valuable or breakable objects.