put aside

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put aside something

1. to decide not to deal with something. Let's put aside our differences and enjoy the evening.

2. to save something for later use, esp. money. We're putting aside $50 a week for our vacation. He puts some time aside each evening to read to his children.

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Later it was confirmed and solidified when Wilson proposed that out of courtesy to the strangers the usual topics be put aside and the hour be devoted to conversation upon ordinary subjects and the cultivation of friendly relations and good-fellowship--a proposition which was put to vote and carried. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context He put aside his bow, and went neither to fight nor to hunt, but from sunrise to sunset he sat by the place where she was laid, thinking of his happiness that was buried there. The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context There was a little bundle of old letters which he put aside. The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context More results

References in classic literature

Later it was confirmed and solidified when Wilson proposed that out of courtesy to the strangers the usual topics be put aside and the hour be devoted to conversation upon ordinary subjects and the cultivation of friendly relations and good-fellowship--a proposition which was put to vote and carried.

Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context

He put aside his bow, and went neither to fight nor to hunt, but from sunrise to sunset he sat by the place where she was laid, thinking of his happiness that was buried there.

The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context

There was a little bundle of old letters which he put aside.

The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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