asideadverb
uk/əˈsaɪd/us/əˈsaɪd/aside adverb (TO ONE SIDE)
B2 on or to one side:
Stand aside, please, and let these people pass.
He pulled the curtain aside.
I gave her a plate of food but she pushed it aside.
I've forgotten my wallet, so could you put this book aside (= keep this book) for me and I'll come back later on.
She took me aside (= took me away from the other people) to tell me the news.
put/set sth aside
B2 If you put/set aside money, you save it for a particular purpose:
Every week I put aside some money for a new TV.
leave/put sth aside
If you leave or put a problem or request aside, you ignore it until you are able to solve it:
Let's leave that matter aside for now and talk about the more urgent problem facing us.
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- The crowd watched as the referee drew the player aside and spoke to him.
- They elbowed the onlookers aside.
- Stand aside, please, so the doctor can get through.
- In all seriousness now - joking aside - I do think there's a problem here that we've got to get sorted.
- She laid aside her book and went to answer the phone.
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Backwards, sideways and back and forth
- anticlockwise
- back
- back and forth idiom
- backward
- backwards
- broadside
- counterclockwise
- hither
- hither and thither idiom
- retro
- right/wrong way round idiom
- side
- sideways
- stand
- swept-back
- there
- there and back idiom
- to and fro
- to-ing and fro-ing
- wrong
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Keeping and storing things
Neglecting and ignoring
aside adverb (EXCEPT)
aside from
B2 except for:
Money continues to be a problem but aside from that we're all well.
I hardly watch any television, aside from news and current affairs.
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Excluding
- acid-free
- alienate
- apart
- bar
- barring
- cut
- discount
- exclude
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- otherwise
- out of it idiom
- outside
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
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asidenoun [ C ]
uk/əˈsaɪd/us/əˈsaɪd/a remark that someone makes in a quiet voice because they do not want everyone to hear it:
a whispered aside
a remark or story in a speech or text that is not part of the main subject:
The informative asides about rural life make this wine guide rather special.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remarks & remarking
- backbite
- backbiting
- bon mot
- comment
- compliment
- externalize
- innuendo
- last word
- line
- mot juste
- observation
- one
- parenthesis
- parting shot
- platitude
- remark
- remark on sth
- riposte
- shaft
- the one about idiom
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