put 'em away
Example Sentences
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“You have to get ‘em, put ‘em away, you lose ‘em.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2012
There'd been some complaints about it, and I heard the flag officer say: 'Shall I take your bottle of sweets down to the cabin, sir, and put 'em away?'
From Time Magazine Archive
“I just coulda sworn I heard a rustling in the garbage cans. I bet Michael didn’t put ’em away, neither.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
“Got to put ’em away somehow, I suppose,” said Mr. Polly.
From The History of Mr. Polly by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
I'm a goin' to put 'em away after a while, Nancy," Miss Lucy flushed a little as she met her sister's suspicious eyes: "I jest laid 'em out to see how they looked.
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell
