SS/PS question

[potioncat]

> zanooda wrote:
> <snip>
> > 
> > I couldn't find "put away" in this sense in dictionaries, so I 
had to 
> > figure it out basing on the final score in that game, LOL. The 
score 
> > was 170:60, which means that Gryffindors scored twice (170-
150=20), 
> > but only one goal was mentioned, so I assumed the second one was 
> > Alicia's penalty. Difficult, very difficult ... :-). <snip>
> 
> Carol responds:
> 
snip> 
> If you Google "put away" (with the phrase in quotes), along with
> "score" and "goal" (no quotes), you'll find lots of online sports
> articles that use in in the sense of scoring a goal, but I don't
> suppose they'd be any clearer without a definition than Lee Jordan's
> commentary.


Potioncat:
But "put away" isn't really a sports term. It's an expression used 
for color, for descriptive purposes. Commentators do that quite 
often, and if you understand the game, you understand what's 
happening. I can't think of other examples. Contrast that with  "to 
serve" in tennis, which is clearly a sports term. 

Sports people are strange any way. It took me forever to undertand 
that the team's 'goal' in US Football isn't the one their going to, 
but the one they're defending. ?!? I mean, don't you generally go 
towards  your goal, not away from it?