put sth aside
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
(SAVE)
B2 to save something, usually time or money, for a special purpose:
I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house.
He tries to put some time aside every evening to read to the kids.
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Saving money
- bank
- deposit account
- depositor
- direct deposit
- interest rate
- ISA
- on deposit idiom
- pension plan
- put
- rainy
- salt sth away
- save
- save/keep money for a rainy day idiom
- saver
- saving
- savings account
- scrimp
- sock
- TESSA
- war chest
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(IGNORE)
C2 If you put a disagreement or problem aside, you ignore it temporarily so that it does not prevent you doing what you want to do:
Let's put our differences aside and make a fresh start.
Can we put that question aside for now, and come back to it later?
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Neglecting and ignoring
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- block sth out
- brush sth off
- bury/have your head in the sand idiom
- bypass
- lay
- let sth ride idiom
- look straight/right through sb idiom
- lost
- lost in the shuffle idiom
- moulder
- push
- ride
- snub
- step
- step on sb
- sweep sth aside
- there's none so deaf as those who will not hear idiom
- tune
- wave
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