put away

put away
transitive verb
1) wegräumen; reinstellen [Auto]; (in file) abheften
2) (save) beiseite legen
3) (coll.) (eat) verdrücken (ugs.); (drink) runterkippen (ugs.)
4) (coll.): (confine) einsperren (ugs.)
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(to return to its proper place, especially out of sight: She put her clothes away in the drawer.) wegräumen
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◆ put away
vt
1. (tidy up)
▪ to \put away away ⇆ sth etw wegräumen [o aufräumen]; (in storage place) etw einräumen
\put away your money away — I'm paying for this! steck dein Geld wieder ein — du bist eingeladen!
don't forget to \put away the car away vergiss nicht, das Auto wegzustellen
▪ to \put away away ⇆ sth book, game, glasses etw beiseitelegen
3. (save)
▪ to \put away away ⇆ sth money, savings etw zurücklegen
4. (fam: eat a lot)
▪ to \put away away ⇆ sth etw in sich akk hineinstopfen fam
5. (fam: have institutionalized)
▪ to \put away sb away (in an old people's home) jdn in Pflege [o ins Altersheim] geben; (in prison) jdn einsperren
to \put away sb away for life jdn lebenslänglich einsperren
6. AM (fam: kill)
▪ to \put away sb away jdn umlegen fam
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put away
A v/t
1. weglegen, -stecken, -tun, beiseitelegen
2. auf-, wegräumen
3. Geld auf die hohe Kante legen (zurücklegen)
4. ein Laster etc ablegen
5. umg Speisen etc verdrücken, Getränke schlucken:
he can put away quite a lot der kann ganz schön was schlucken
6. umg
a) jemanden einsperren
b) jemanden in eine Anstalt stecken
7. ein Tier einschläfern
8. HIST, BIBEL eine Frau verstoßen
B v/i SCHIFF auslaufen (for nach)
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transitive verb
1) wegräumen; reinstellen [Auto]; (in file) abheften
2) (save) beiseite legen
3) (coll.) (eat) verdrücken (ugs.); (drink) runterkippen (ugs.)
4) (coll.): (confine) einsperren (ugs.)
* * *
adj.
weggelegt adj. v.
weglegen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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