put away
put
ˌpʊt
poot
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way
ˈweÉĒ
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/pˌʊt ɐwˈeÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "put away"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to put away
[phrase form: put]
01

āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to place something where it should be after using it
to put away definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you put the toys away before bed?
āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāύāĻž āϗ⧁āĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧋?
02

āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to discard something, especially something that is no longer useful or necessary
to put away definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I decided to put away my old journals; they were just gathering dust.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āύāĻžāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ; āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āϧ⧁āϞ⧋ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ—āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to eat a large amount of food quickly
to put away definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the marathon, she put away a huge meal.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϘ⧁āĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to mercifully end an animal's life, often through a lethal injection
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It's a tough decision, but sometimes it's kinder to put an animal away if it's suffering.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05

āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to quit a bad habit or behavior, especially if it's an addiction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Realizing the harm it was causing, he put his drinking away.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϏ⧇ āĻŽāĻĻā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to place someone in a prison or a mental institution
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The judge decided to put her away due to the severity of her crimes.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
07

āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to defeat an opponent decisively in a competition or game
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the final set, she quickly put away her opponent with a series of powerful serves.
āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏ⧇āĻŸā§‡, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϭ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϜ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
08

āĻāĻ•āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop thinking or worrying about something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After hours of contemplation, he put away his concerns and made a decision.
āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇āĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to save money for future use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He puts away $ 100 every week for his dream vacation.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ⧇āϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ 100 āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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