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put away

verb

to return (something) to the correct or proper place
he put away his books
to save
to put away money for the future
to lock up in a prison, mental institution, etc
they put him away for twenty years
to eat or drink, esp in large amounts
to put to death, because of old age or illness
the dog had to be put away

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Not long after the holiday presents are put away and the guests have gone home, another season begins.

The national news has put away its chocolate-covered HAZMAT suits.

His co-captain, Derrik Rose, once detailed, in wide-eyed wonderment, a single meal Joa put away.

We simply want to raise our families, keep our jobs, take a summer vacation, and if lucky, put away a little money each year.

YOU have to put away the distractions and be present in the lives of the people you love.

His boyish suspenders had been put away in favor of a belt, which was tight-drawn about his slim waist.

It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more?

Instinct had prompted her to put away her husband's bounty in casting off her allegiance.

Put away that great pile of foolscap and talk to me; Im as full of talk as an egg is full of meat.

He thrust the pouch back in his pocket, as if to put away the subject with the trifle which had brought it up.

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