put aside

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put aside

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1. to save: try to put some money aside in case of emergencies

2. to disregard: put aside adolescent fantasies of romance

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Verb	1.	put aside - stop using; "the children were told to put away their toys"; "the students put away their notebooks" put away
	2.	put aside - turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "it's time for you to put away childish things" put away cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

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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

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