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WotD: Put away
As you can probably guess, put away is a phrasal verb, meaning putting something somewhere.
This phrasal verb has various meanings.
It can mean storing something after you have used it, as we teach our children to put away their toys before they go to bed.
It could also mean to eat or drink something.
Competitive eaters such as Gal Sone can put away a lot of food.
To save a nest egg for your retirement, you will have to, yes, you guessed it, regularly put away a lot of money.
We can also use it when a hockey, soccer or any other player scores a goal in a game.
Even the justice system will do it to a killer when a killer does it to someone else.
It may sound confusing, but yes, if a criminal puts someone away, it means that they have killed someone, and then the police will catch them, and the justice system will put them away in jail.
Oh my, it’s a very, very useful phrasal verb to know.
I hope you can put it away in your memory and use it when you have to.
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