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  • noun The process of storing goods in a warehouse etc. as they are received.

Etymologies

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put away

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Examples

  • I can see Echelon being closed up and putaway. [not enough back-end staff, hours for aircraft severely limited - service supplies shortages, pilots too valuable to use/risk as no trainees coming on stream, or whatever]

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club. 2010

  • Bergenheim found space under the goalie's left arm with a wrister from the slot, and Mason left a rebound of Hilbert's shot that came to defenseman Mark Streit, who found Hilbert with a pass for the putaway.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • The Leafs kept the pressure on, with Hagman scoring on a short putaway and a diving Blake beating Ward to a pass from Dominic Moore to make it 4-0 at 15: 07 of the second.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Brian Rafalski sent the puck to the left side to Marian Hossa, who quickly sent a touch pass to Holmstrom at the top of the crease for the short putaway past Ward and the 2-1 lead at 5: 04 of the second.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Carolina erased the 3-1 deficit with a quick flurry, getting a score from Eric Staal off a rebound and a putaway from Andrew Ladd off a feed from Scott Walker less than 90 seconds later.

    USATODAY.com 2007

  • Ward managed to stop the first shot, but Dupuis got his own rebound and buried the short putaway for the 2-0 lead.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Atlanta vs. Carolina 2006

  • Instead of rolling around behind the net, the puck bounced out of the left corner and right to Fedoruk, who sent it to Potulny for a putaway against an out-of-position Ward early in the third.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Philadelphia vs. Carolina 2006

  • The Lightning also got 40 saves from Johan Holmqvist, who tallied an impressive diving glove stop on Erik Cole's short putaway during one of Carolina's few power plays midway through the second period.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Tampa Bay vs. Carolina 2006

  • But she blew a forehand putaway, then yanked a backhand long to lose the set and even the match.

    USATODAY.com - Henin-Hardenne, Kuznetsova to meet in French Open finals 2006

  • Williams assisted on Whitney's first-period goal, while Whitney returned the favor on Williams 'putaway in the second.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Anaheim vs. Carolina 2006

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