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put away

• store something in an appropriate or usual place.
• "the decorations were boxed up and put away for next year"
Similar: save, put aside, put/lay by, set/lay aside, put to one side, reserve, keep in reserve, deposit, keep, store, stockpile, hoard, stow away, cache, salt away, squirrel away, stash away,
• consume food or drink in large quantities.
• "did you see how much food he put away?"
Similar: eat, consume, devour, down, gobble up, bolt, wolf down, guzzle, drink, gulp down, polish off, tuck away, demolish, get outside of, pack away, scoff (down), shovel down, pig out on, sink, knock back, shift, gollop, bevvy, get one's laughing gear round, scarf (down/up), snarf (down/up), inhale, ingurgitate, bib,
• (in sport) dispatch or score a goal or shot.
• "Dutton put away the ball for his first goal of the season"
• confine someone in a prison or psychiatric hospital.
• "he deserves to be put away forever"
Similar: put in prison, put behind bars, imprison, jail, lock up/away, shut up/away, incarcerate, confine, cage, bang up, send down, send up, jug, commit, certify, section, hospitalize, institutionalize,


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