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put away

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put away
     v 1: 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"
          [syn: {lock in}, {lock away}, {lock}, {shut up}, {shut
          away}, {lock up}]
     2: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: {discard},
         {fling}, {toss}, {toss out}, {toss away}, {chuck out}, {cast
        aside}, {dispose}, {throw out}, {cast out}, {throw away},
        {cast away}]
     3: 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" [syn: {imprison}, {incarcerate},
         {lag}, {immure}, {put behind bars}, {jail}, {jug}, {gaol},
         {remand}]
     4: kill gently, as with an injection; "the cat was very ill and
        we had to put it to sleep" [syn: {put to sleep}]
     5: eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food;
        "My son tucked in a whole pizza" [syn: {tuck in}, {tuck
        away}]
     6: turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "She
        turned away from her painting"
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