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Synonyms for put aside


Grammar : Verb
Spell : poot
Phonetic Transcription : pʊt

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Définition of put aside

Origin :
  • late Old English *putian, implied in putung "instigation, an urging," literally "a putting;" related to pytan "put out, thrust out" (of eyes), probably from a Germanic stem that also produced Danish putte "to put," Swedish dialectal putta; Middle Dutch pote "scion, plant," Dutch poten "to plant," Old Norse pota "to poke."
  • Meaning "act of casting a heavy stone overhead" (as a trial of strength) is attested from c.1300. Obsolete past tense form putted is attested 14c.-15c. To put down "end by force or authority" (a rebellion, etc.) is from c.1300. Adjective phrase put out "angry, upset" is first recorded 1887; to put out, of a woman, "to offer oneself for sex" is from 1947. To put upon (someone) "play a trick on, impose on" is from 1690s. To put up with "tolerate, accept" (1755) was originally to put up, as in "to pocket." To put (someone) on "deceive" is from 1958.
  • As in pigeonhole : verb categorize; shelve
  • As in put away/put aside/put by : verb keep in
  • As in shelve : verb defer, postpone
  • As in table : verb postpone a proposition
  • As in deposit : verb locate, put in place for safekeeping
  • As in doff : verb remove
Example sentences :
  • She put aside her astonishment at his coming alone, and answered the need in his face.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Let ten loads be put aside, and let ten of these shenzis be told to carry them where I shall say.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Put aside frivolity and idleness, and apply yourself in earnest.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • How do you think I liked to be put aside for––that fisher-girl?
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • She had saved and she had inherited, and all was put aside for the man who should avenge her husband.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • But the Captain put aside the suggestion with a wave of the hand.
  • Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
  • The matter of the typewriter Duvall put aside for the moment.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • She put aside the letter until that night when she was alone in her room.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • For a moment she put aside her visible annoyance to remove his doubts.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • On every hand contracts are thrown up, great works are put aside.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

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