put away

verb13

1. •
   To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.

   • Please put away the tools when you are finished.
   • I put the clothes away so as to neaten the room.
2. •
   To send (someone) to prison or mental asylum.

   • After he was convicted, they put him away for 10 years.
3. •
   To store, add to one's stores for later use.

   • Preparing for the worst, they put away food for the winter.
4. •
   (informal) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.

   • You wouldn't think such a small person could put away so much food.
5. •
   To take a large lead in a game, especially enough to guarantee victory or make the game no longer competitive.

   • They put the game away by scoring three touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
6. •
   To hit the ball in such a way that the opponent cannot reach it; see passing shot.
7. •
   To knock out an opponent.

   • He put away his opponent in the first round.
8. •
   To kill someone.

   • It's Decoration Day. And I knew the Hill Boys would put us away, but my Daddy wasn't afraid. He said "We'll fight till the last Lawson's last living day" — 2003
9. •
   To strike out a batter.
10. •
    To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
11. •
    (formal, literary) To discard, divest oneself of.

    • When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. — 1611
12. •
    (no longer used) To fend off, deflect; to dismiss.
13. •
    (no longer used) To divorce.

    • And the pharyses cam and axed hym a question: whether it were laufull foꝛ a mã to putt awaye hys wyfe. — 1526