put someone away



put someone away

1. tv. to put someone in prison for a long time. (Underworld.) They put Bart away for fifteen years.
2. tv. to knock someone unconscious. One tap on the head and I put him away.
3. tv. to kill someone. (Underworld.) The gangster threatened to put me away if I told the police.
See also: away, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AdaAY-də (English), AH-dah (Polish, Finnish)English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Italian, Finnish
Perle-French, Yiddish
Jadwigayahd-VEE-gahPolish
Kou-Hmong
Taymuraz-Ossetian
Ansermet['a:nsermei]