phrasal verb🧩 phrasal verb

put away

to store in place

What it means

To return something to its proper place after using it, usually for tidiness. Informally, it can also mean to eat a large quantity of food or to imprison someone.

Examples

  • Please put your toys away before your friends come over to play.
  • She put the clean dishes away and wiped down the kitchen counter.
  • I can't believe he put away three burgers in under ten minutes.
  • The judge put him away for fifteen years for armed robbery.

Where it comes from

Separable phrasal verb — say 'put the books away' or 'put away the books'. The slang meanings (eat a lot, imprison) are older British and American informal uses.

Related phrasal verbs

#throw away#clean up#wash up#set aside

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