put away

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put away
verbo transitivo con partícula
1ordenar, recoger (tidy away)
  • p your money/wallet away -> guarda tu dinero/cartera
2encerrar (familiar) (imprison)
3(familiar) (eat, drink)
  • he can really p it away! -> ¡cómo traga!

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put away [put]
apartar, quitar, poner a un lado; echar fuera, despedir, desterrar; repudiar.

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put away
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 (in proper place) [+clothes, toys, books] guardar; poner en su sitio
time to put your toys away please put your books away
 [+shopping] guardar; colocar; [+car] poner en el garaje
put that knife away! ¡pon ese cuchillo en su sitio!
Don't be stupid, man! Put the knife away! she closed her notebook and put away her pen I put the shopping away while she made some tea
2 (informal) (confine) (in prison) meter en la cárcel; encerrar; (in asylum) encerrar en un manicomio
He's an animal! He should be put away He had both his wives put away after failed suicide attempts
3 (save) [+money] ahorrar; guardar
...the regular sums that you put away for holidays you may want to put something away for a rainy day
4 (informal) (consume) [+food, drink] tragarse; (informal) zamparse; (informal)
he put away several sandwiches I'd put away half a bottle of tequila during the evening He put away several rounds of sandwiches but was still hungry
he can certainly put it away ese sí sabe comer
5 (reject) [+thought] desechar; descartar; [+wife] repudiar
6 (Dep) (score with) [+ball] meter; marcar
Pearce headed back into the goalmouth and Cooper was there by the post to put the ball away We did enough to win, creating a lot of chances, but failed to put the ball away
 (US) (beat) ganar a
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