Textual thesaurus for "put away"

(verb) put aside

turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily

it's time for you to put away childish things

(verb) tuck away, tuck in

eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food

My son tucked in a whole pizza

(verb) put to sleep

kill gently, as with an injection

the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep

(verb) shut away, shut up, lock, lock away, lock in, 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

(verb) put aside

stop using

the children were told to put away their toys; the students put away their notebooks

(verb) discard, dispose, toss, toss away, toss out, throw away, throw out, fling, cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out

throw or cast away

Put away your worries

(verb) remand, put behind bars, jail, jug, lag, immure, imprison, incarcerate, gaol

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