put aside

Verb

Meaning

stop using

turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cache put away squirrel away bank garner keep reserve table store save retain delay saved collect accumulate

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Antonyms

chuck slough continue lose spend recall

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Hypernyms

interrupt disrupt break-up

Examples

Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice. John Chrysostom

The gulls who scorn perfection for the sake of travel go nowhere, slowly. Those who put aside travel for the sake of perfection go anywhere, instantly. Richard Bach

The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love. Paulo Coelho

My policy is trust, peace, and to put aside the bayonet. Rutherford B. Hayes

A woman is not a harmonica that you put aside when you have used it. Ukrainian Proverb

Me do not know hard firewood, but only lops people put aside hard tasks and devote themselves only to easy ones. Kikuyu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

put an obstacle put another way put around put asunder put at a distance put at disadvantage