put away

guardar, recoger

Devolver algo al lugar donde se guarda después de usarlo.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: put something away (Please put your books away after class.)

Sinónimos: tidy away, store

Antónimos: take out

Expresiones frecuentes: put away something, put away toys

ahorrar, reservar

Guardar dinero u otras cosas para usarlos más adelante.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: put something away for something (We put some money away for our holiday.)

Sinónimos: save, set aside, store

Antónimos: spend

Expresiones frecuentes: put away money, put away something

encarcelar, internar

Enviar a alguien a una cárcel o a un hospital psiquiátrico y mantenerlo allí.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: put someone away for a period (The judge put him away for eight years.)

Sinónimos: lock up, confine, imprison

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: put away someone, put someone away

devorar, consumir

Comer o beber grandes cantidades de algo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: put away something (He can put away three sandwiches in minutes.); put something away (That pizza was huge, but she put it away.)

Sinónimos: devour, consume

Expresiones frecuentes: put away food, put away a meal, put away several beers

noquear

Golpear a un adversario tan fuerte que ya no pueda seguir peleando.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: put someone away in a round (She put her opponent away in the third round.)

Sinónimos: knock out

Expresiones frecuentes: put away an opponent, put someone away

matar, liquidar

Matar a alguien, a menudo de forma deliberada y secreta.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: put someone away (The gang hired a man to put the witness away.)

Sinónimos: kill, murder

Expresiones frecuentes: put away someone, put someone away