Technology

put your phone away

stop using your phone

To stop using your phone and place it somewhere so that you are not distracted by it.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Can I check one message?

Please put your phone away; we're having dinner.

Play the conversation

I put my phone away whenever I meet a friend for coffee.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I put away my phone to my pocket.

Say: I put my phone away in my pocket.

Use in for the place where the phone is stored; to suggests movement toward it.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

put your phone away; put your phone away during something

Your turn: say it out loud

I put my phone away whenever I meet a friend for coffee.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

put your phone away

stop using your phone

“I put my phone away whenever I meet a friend for coffee.”

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