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transitive. To commit to or confine in an institution; = to put away 2f at put, v. phrasal verbs 1.
To declare (a person) officially insane. (Cf. quot. 1874 at sense 4a for sense 4.)
transitive. colloquial. To send to prison; to commit to or confine in an institution.