put away
phrasal verbput somebody away
- [often passive] (informal) to send somebody to prison, to a mental hospital, etc.
put something away
- to put something in the place where it is kept because you have finished using it
- I'm just going to put the car away (= in the garage).
- to save money to spend later
- She has a few thousand dollars put away for her retirement.
- (informal) to eat or drink large quantities of something
- He must have put away a bottle of whisky last night.