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

"Look's like you'd know enough to put 'em away where they wouldn't ketch dust!"

From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell

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