put aside

phrasal verb

put aside; putting aside; puts aside

Synonyms of put aside next

: to save or keep (something, such as money) to be used at a later time

She's been putting aside some money for a vacation.

Can you put a few minutes aside for a short meeting?

: to stop worrying or thinking about (something)

We need to put these problems aside for now and get the work done.

It's time to put aside our differences and start working together.

Examples of put aside in a Sentence

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For three or four days, everybody put aside their political beliefs and who's on your lawn on a sign and all that nonsense. —

Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025 For three or four days, everybody put aside their political beliefs and who's on your lawn on a sign, and all that nonsense. —

Raven Brunner, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025 Investors put aside the numbers and instead focused on comments from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, giving hope of a revival for Samsung in 2025. —

Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025 The militant group, weakened by the 14-month war with Israel, has put aside its objections to Salam's appointment. —

Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for put aside