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put sb away
— phrasal verb with put /pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)Definition
› informal to move someone into a place where people live and are cared for together, such as a mental hospital or old people's home: In the past, people who suffered from schizophrenia were often put away.Accommodating people › slang to send someone to prison: After what he did, he deserves to be put away for life.Putting people in prison
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