📖 Definitions of "Put aside"
verb
- 1
To save (money).
"I try to put a few dollars aside each week, just in case I need money in an emergency."
- 2
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."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Put aside"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lay asideverb | To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup. |
| put downverb | (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean. |
| leave outverb | To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention. |
| set asideverb | (transitive) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose. |
| saveverb | (transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty. |
| leave behindverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To abandon. |
| set apartverb | To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose. |
| put out to pastureverb | (informal) To make someone retire, especially due to advancing age. |
| put awayverb | (transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up. |
| hold outverb | (idiomatic, often with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) |
| hide behindverb | (transitive) To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield. |
| take apartverb | To dismantle something into its component pieces. |
| come apartverb | (intransitive) To break, separate. |
| drop behindverb | (transitive or intransitive) To suddenly do worse than others; to become out-of-date or to fail to keep up with others. |
| removeverb | (transitive) To delete. |
| send awayverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To dismiss from one's presence. |
| lay behindverb | Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, behind. |
| back offverb | (idiomatic) To become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act. |
| pick apartverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To review or analyse in great detail |
| bracketnoun | A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf. |
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