puts away

Returns to place

Puts away means to return something to its proper place: She puts away the dishes after dinner.

It extends to storing or setting aside: He puts away money each month.

To put away food is to eat a lot of it: That kid can really put away pizza.

Put away also means to confine someone in prison or a mental institution: They put him away for twenty years.

In sports, to put away an opponent or match is to secure victory decisively.

Related

stash · compartmentalize · organizes · cleans up · box · imprisons · discard · repress · devours · wolfs down · closet · shelve · hide · dismiss · locks up · save · hoard · eliminate

Categories
Opposites
storage/placement

puts awaytakes out

Removes from inside

gets out · leaves out · pulls out · retrieves · brings out

consumption/saving

puts awaysaves

Stores or rescues

leaves · picks at · preserves · rations · pushes away

imprisonment/freedom

puts awayreleases

Lets go or publishes

lets out · frees · sets free · liberates · acquits

Family

put, away, puts, putting, putter, input, output, throughput

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G