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transitive. Australian slang. To send to prison, to convict (cf. to put away 2f at phrasal verbs 1). Also: to inform on, ‘turn in’ (cf. to put away 4…
slang. To tire out, exhaust (a person); to nonplus, bring to a standstill; to put hors de combat; to outwit, cheat, swindle; also, to bring about the…