put sth away

(EAT) informal — phrasal verb with put

/pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)

Definition

› to eat a large amount of food: He put away a whole box of chocolates in one evening.EatingBiting, chewing and swallowing

(Definition of put sth away (EAT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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