put aside
phrasal verb
put aside; putting aside; puts aside
1
: 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?
2
: 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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And put aside the fact that IVF is hugely popular across party lines and even among evangelicals.
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S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
What impelled you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs?
—The Editors, National Review, 6 June 2024
Starting in 1989, the band members put aside their differences (Betts had initially been furious after Allman testified against the band’s drug dealer in 1976), and the Allmans regrouped yet again.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
Despite the fact that only a few months earlier Lieberman won the popular vote for the office of vice president of the United States, the senator showed his true leadership qualities by putting aside any political differences and vowed to ensure that nothing like this ever happens to us again.
—Peter Buonome, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2024
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S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
What impelled you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs?
—The Editors, National Review, 6 June 2024
Starting in 1989, the band members put aside their differences (Betts had initially been furious after Allman testified against the band’s drug dealer in 1976), and the Allmans regrouped yet again.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2024
Despite the fact that only a few months earlier Lieberman won the popular vote for the office of vice president of the United States, the senator showed his true leadership qualities by putting aside any political differences and vowed to ensure that nothing like this ever happens to us again.
—Peter Buonome, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Put aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20aside. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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