to eat or drink a lot of something
to kill someone
to put someone in a prison or a mental hospital
to put something in the place where you usually keep it when you are not using it
to save an amount of money
to score a goal by kicking or hitting the ball into the net
A source said last night: 'The team just did not have enough money put away to get it through bad times like this.
Half of the money was put away for savings, and I used the other half to set up a music studio at home.
He ought to be put away for a very long time.
He put the notebook away and stood up.
He wanted them put away for life.
I seem to have said goodbye to the practice of carefully putting away my money in envelopes.
I was trying to hold down two jobs and putting away money.
If you have children you will need to save for university fees, so the money you put away for this can go into equities.
If you've been thinking of putting away money for your future, now is as good a time as any to get going.
It is not yet time to put away warm winter clothes.
Loyal savers who have been putting away money towards their retirement have been suffering from a barrage of hidden fees and dire returns for many years.
Regular savers can earn up to 6% if they are stringent about putting away money each month and willing to move their current account.
Savers who have diligently put away money all their lives are unlikely to spend it in one go.
The brute has now been put away for life.
The fourth goal was put away by Woodhead.
They are not like photos that can be put away in a drawer, they are always here with me.
They put away vast quantities of cake between them.
Try and put away a little each month.
We've done up our house and our children have money put away for their futures.
When clothes are put away in the wardrobe and drawers, collars, ties and handkerchiefs should be placed in the top drawer of the dressing table.
puts away
putting away
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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