put away

wegräumen, verstauen

Etwas nach dem Gebrauch an seinen üblichen Aufbewahrungsort zurücklegen.

In einfachem Englisch: To return something to the place where it is kept when you finish using it.

• Put away your toys, please.
• He put the clean dishes away.
• Have you put away the tools yet?

So benutzt man es: put something away (Please put your books away after class.)

Synonyme: tidy away, store

Gegenteile: take out

Häufige Wendungen: put away something, put away toys

sparen, zurücklegen

Geld oder andere Dinge für eine spätere Verwendung sparen.

In einfachem Englisch: To save money or other things so you can use them later.

• I put away a little money each week.
• They put food away for the winter.
• Have you put anything away for emergencies?

So benutzt man es: put something away for something (We put some money away for our holiday.)

Synonyme: save, set aside, store

Gegenteile: spend

Häufige Wendungen: put away money, put away something

einsperren, internieren

Jemanden im Gefängnis oder in einer psychiatrischen Klinik unterbringen und dort festhalten lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: If someone is sent to prison or a hospital for mental illness, they are kept there.

• They put the robber away.
• He was put away for twenty years.
• In those days, families sometimes put mentally ill relatives away.

So benutzt man es: put someone away for a period (The judge put him away for eight years.)

Synonyme: lock up, confine, imprison

Gegenteile: release

Häufige Wendungen: put away someone, put someone away

verputzen, konsumieren

Von etwas eine große Menge essen oder trinken.

In einfachem Englisch: If you do this, you eat or drink a lot of something.

• He put away five burgers.
• How much beer did they put away?
• She can put away an enormous breakfast.

So benutzt man es: put away something (He can put away three sandwiches in minutes.); put something away (That pizza was huge, but she put it away.)

Synonyme: devour, consume

Häufige Wendungen: put away food, put away a meal, put away several beers

k. o. schlagen

Einen Gegner so hart schlagen, dass er nicht weiterkämpfen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: To hit an opponent so hard that they cannot continue fighting.

• The boxer put his opponent away.
• One powerful punch put her away.
• Can he put away the champion before the final round?

So benutzt man es: put someone away in a round (She put her opponent away in the third round.)

Synonyme: knock out

Häufige Wendungen: put away an opponent, put someone away

umbringen, beseitigen

Jemanden töten, oft absichtlich und heimlich.

In einfachem Englisch: To kill someone, often deliberately and secretly.

• The gang put him away.
• They planned to put away the only witness.
• Was she paid to put her rival away?

So benutzt man es: put someone away (The gang hired a man to put the witness away.)

Synonyme: kill, murder

Häufige Wendungen: put away someone, put someone away