Phrasal Verb - Put Away
Today we are going to teach you 4 meanings for the phrasal verb to PUT AWAY.
1) store something in its usual place
? You are not going to use your books any more, put them away.
2) put someone in prison
?♂?♀Those criminals were put away.
3) kill someone
The mafia boss was put away ☠.
4) save money
? I have been putting some money away for retirement.
Scene 1: (1st meaning)
Put away my laundry?
It's not my job to pick up after myself. I'm not my mother.
Scene 2: (1st meaning)
Oh! I forgot.
I put it away.
Scene 3: (2nd meaning)
I put away real criminals.
Scene 4: (2nd meaning and 3rd meaning)
You, who once put me away...
...about to be put away...
Scene 5: (4th meaning)
She had even written up a business plan
and put away money for you.
That's what she was hiding.
Final scene: (4th meaning)
it's so important to put as much money away as you can now
because you don't know what life is going to bring you.