put aside
English
editVerb
editput aside (third-person singular simple present puts aside, present participle putting aside, simple past and past participle put aside)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
- (transitive) To save or keep (something) to be used at a later time.
- (transitive) To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.
- Let's put our differences aside for the moment, and get this project finished.
- 2022 June 29, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: London”, in RAIL, number 960, page 29:
- Stanmore: Plans to provide step-free access to the Jubilee Line station have been put aside, after the housing development on the car park that would have paid for it was withdrawn.
Synonyms
edit- (save money): bank, cache, snudge, squirrel away, stash
- (intentionally disregard): dissemble, take no notice of; see also Thesaurus:ignore; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Translations
editsave money
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ignore or intentionally disregard
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References
edit- “put aside”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “put aside”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.