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Verb put away has 6 senses
- lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up - 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"
--1 is one way to confine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
--2 is one way to get rid of, remove
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand - 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"
--3 is one way to confine, detain
Sample sentence:
They want to put away the prisoners
- put away, put to sleep - kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep"
--4 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tuck in, tuck away, put away - eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food; "My son tucked in a whole pizza"
--5 is one way to eat up, finish, polish off
Sample sentence:
They put away more bread
- put away - turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "She turned away from her painting"
--6 is one way to interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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