put away
To put in the right place or remove out of sight.
She put away the towels.
Please put away your papers before you open the test booklet.
John put the notepad away in his desk when he was finished with it.
To lay aside; stop thinking about.
He put his worries away for the weekend.
To eat or drink.
He put away a big supper and three cups of coffee.
To put in a mental hospital.
He had to put his wife away when she became mentally ill.
To put to death for a reason; kill.
He had his dog put away when it became too old and unhappy.
put in the way of
put in one's way
To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward.
After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job.
The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new material on the subject of my report.
put out of the way
To kill.
When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way.
The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way.
right away
off the bat
Immediately; as the next thing in order; very soon; without delay.
Phil's mother told him to do his homework right away so that he could enjoy the weekend.
The Red Cross aids disaster victims right away.
Dad says that dinner will be ready right away, so we'd better wash our hands and set the table.
Tell Will to come to my office right away. I must see him immediately.
Stop playing that loud music right away!
rub the wrong way
To make (someone) a little angry; do something not liked by (someone); annoy; bother.
John's bragging rubbed the other boys the wrong way.
Mother's friend called Harold a little boy, and that rubbed Harold the wrong way.
run away with
To take quickly and secretly, especially without permission; steal.
A thief ran away with Grandma's silver teapot.
To go away with; elope.
Mary said that if her parents wouldn't let her marry Phil, she would run away with him.
To take hold of; seize.
The boys thought they saw a ghost in the old house last night; they let their imagination run away with them.
To be much better or more noticeable than others in; win easily.
Our team ran away with the game in the last half.
The fat comedian ran away with the TV show.
run away
run off
To leave and not plan to come back; go without permission; escape.
Many times Tommy said he would run away from home, but he never did.
The guards in jail make sure that none of the prisoners run away.
The young couple ran away and got married because their parents wouldn’t permit it.
That cat is just like a criminal – it runs away from anyone who tries to come near!
rust away
To disappear gradually through the process of rust or corrosion.
If you refuse to paint those metal bars on the window, they will soon rust away.