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put away

pu·ta·way

fairly common

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”
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”
4.

kill gently, as with an injection

  • “the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep”
5.

eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

  • “My son tucked in a whole pizza”
6.

turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily

  • “it”
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