to put away
4
3.4
- phrasal verb
- /pʊt əˈweɪ/
:
dejar de lado
- Ready to put away your anger.
- put away bad thoughts
- put away fears
Why is why is Paul saying put away not just wrath and anger, but bitterness?
- Why is why is Paul saying put away not just wrath and anger, but bitterness?
- That's why the Bible says, you know, when I became a man, I put away childish things.
- But if the old law isn't being put away, it's being reinterpreted and expanded.
- Yeah, it does feel awful to hear that song playing on the radio and being taken back to memories you thought you had put away a long time ago.
- So you got to understand that you got to put away this bad guidance that's only creating more unhealthy situations.
Examples
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But for tonight, let us put away our troubles.
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But it is time now to put away childish things and take on adult responsibilities.
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We must put away bad thoughts and keep our minds at peace.
Fiction book (2000) -
I learned to put away my wishful thinking and take a good look at what the world really is.
Blog text (8) -
Sometimes we really have to force ourselves to put away the to-do list, leave the dirty dishes, and go have fun!
Blog text (9) -
He immediately put away the suspicion that Ray had played some cruel joke on him.
Fiction book (1999) -
So you got to understand that you got to put away this bad guidance that's only creating more unhealthy situations.
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She put away childish things and emerged as a woman in her own right.
Fiction book (1990) -
With a mental effort, he put away his fears—not dispose of them!—just put them away for the moment.
Fiction book (1997) -
After a long day at work, he decided to put away his worries and relax with a good book.
Synonyms
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1.8
Decide not to think about something
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1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
381
3.7
To stop worrying about something and relax
370
3.5
To choose not to react to something annoying
332
3.0
To refuse to accept an idea or claim
103
3.4
To stop thinking about something for a short time
27
3.9
Treat something as unimportant and ignore it
22
3.9
Temporarily stop a rule or policy from being used
11
3.7
Reject or ignore people and things you no longer want
7
4.1
Refuse to think about something, for example worries or objections
Antonyms
How Settled
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to dismiss or set aside' is directly related to 'put' (place) + 'away' (to a removed/stored location), so a learner who knows both words can infer a concrete sense like 'put aside' or 'store'. However, the specific mental sense 'stop thinking about' is a metaphorical extension from the spatial meaning and may not be fully predictable without prior exposure to this figurative use, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Put away meaning to stop thinking about something comes from the image of placing a thought on a shelf and putting it away so you do not see it. So it means 'to set aside or dismiss a feeling or worry'.