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English Dictionary: put away by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put away
v
  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"
    Synonym(s): lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
  2. 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, put away
  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"
    Synonym(s): imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
  4. stop using; "the children were told to put away their toys"; "the students put away their notebooks"
    Synonym(s): put away, put aside
  5. kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep"
    Synonym(s): put away, put to sleep
  6. eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"
    Synonym(s): tuck in, tuck away, put away
  7. turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "it's time for you to put away childish things"
    Synonym(s): put away, put aside
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