transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English putten away, from putten to put + away
1.
a. : discard , renounce
to put grief away is disloyal to the memory of the departed — H.A.Overstreet
b. : divorce
incurring the risk of being put away by her husband on discovery of her previous immorality — Morris Ploscowe
2. : to eat or drink up : consume
has been known to put away a couple of pounds of sausage at a single sitting — New Yorker
3.
a. : to confine especially in a mental institution
poor demented creature, she thought, how many months would it be before they put her away? — Ellen Glasgow
b. : bury
put away their dead in seated position in pits roofed with bark — American Guide Series: Maryland
c. : kill
every man you put away has friends — Maxwell Anderson
take an incurably sick dog to the vet to be put away — G.S.Perry