to put aside
24
2.4
- phrasal verb
- /pʊt əˈsaɪd/
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- I always put aside some money each month for emergencies.
Put money aside, park it, put money aside, park it.
- Put money aside, park it, put money aside, park it.
- I just never put time aside for it.
- So we have national parks because of Teddy Roosevelt is a Republican, and he put them aside on the grounds that we needed to conserve.
- And I, I was doing it because my parents said, look, we've put money aside for you for college, but if you want to use it on this instead, you can.
- But let's put the jade aside for a moment and just remember that Donald Trump is frustrated about NATO.
- And I couldn't wait till I could just like, you know, put that aside.
Examples
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The squall drifts on within half an hour, and indoor work is put aside for outdoor work.
Fiction book (1990) -
Look, put the letter aside for a moment.
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So, you know, it's, it's a little bit more of a complex theory, but we can put that aside for the moment.
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But the county has money put aside for things like this.
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Please let me take this call, and I will put work aside for the rest of the trip.
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OK, let's put it a bit aside for a while.
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Don't you think we should put some money aside first?
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As the day drew to a close outside the windows, Ada put the book aside.
Fiction book (1997) -
"I only want coffee and apple pie," Myrna said, putting the menu aside.
Fiction book (1991) -
"My job disappeared, and the severance package was good, and I had money put aside."
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
225
2.0
To place something in its usual place for storage
22
3.9
Temporarily stop a rule or policy from being used
7
3.7
To pull something away from where it is, for example a bandage or curtain
6
2.1
Move something or someone out of the way with your hands
6
1.8
Push something a little to one side
1
3.5
Save money for future use
Antonyms
How Accessible
∞
1.6
87
3.4
24
2.4
6
2.1
11
5.0
3
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meanings ‘move to one side’ or ‘save for later’ are directly and transparently built from 'put' (place) + 'aside' (to one side / for future use). This compositional pattern is common in English and many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE’s meaning.
Etymology
Put aside comes from the simple act of moving an item to one side: you put a book aside when you stop using it for now. That's why it means 'to move something to one side or stop using it for a short time'.