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  • verb transitive To place out of the way, clean up.
  • verb transitive To store, add to one's stores for later use.
  • verb transitive, colloquial To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
  • verb transitive To send (someone) to prison.
  • verb transitive To discard, divest oneself of.
  • verb obsolete, transitive To fend off, deflect; to dismiss.
  • verb archaic, transitive To divorce.
  • verb baseball To strike out a batter.
  • verb baseball To catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.
  • verb baseball To take a large lead in a game.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
  • verb eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food
  • verb kill gently, as with an injection
  • verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  • verb throw or cast away
  • verb stop using
  • verb turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily

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