Everyday English
can't put something down
be unable to stop reading something engrossing
If you can't put a book down, it is so interesting that you do not want to stop reading it.
Hear it in real life
Have you finished that mystery book?
Nearly - I can't put it down.
I started the novel on the train and couldn't put it down.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I can't put the book away.
Say: I can't put the book down.
“Put the book away” means store it, while “put the book down” means stop reading it because it is engrossing.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
can't put it down; couldn't put the book down
Your turn: say it out loud
I started the novel on the train and couldn't put it down.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
can't put something down
be unable to stop reading something engrossing
“I started the novel on the train and couldn't put it down.”
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