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put aside

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put something aside
to set or place something to the side. I put the magazine aside and began reading a book. Put aside your work for a minute and listen to what I have to tell you.
See also: aside, put

put something aside (for something)

to hold something in reserve for some purpose. You should put a little of the sugar aside for your coffee in the morning. Please put aside some money for me. I can put a little aside.
See also: aside, put

put aside something also put something aside
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. Related vocabulary: set aside something
See also: aside, put


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