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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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" [syn:
         lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up,
         shut away, lock up]
    2: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: 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" [syn: 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" [syn: put away,
       put aside]
    5: kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and
       we had to put it to sleep" [syn: put away, put to sleep]
    6: eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food;
       "My son tucked in a whole pizza" [syn: 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" [syn: put away, put
       aside]

Thesaurus Results for put away:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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