List of antonyms from "lay a patch" to antonyms from "lay down arms"


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Definition of the day : « lay aside »

  • As in interrupt : verb bother, interfere
  • As in pigeonhole : verb categorize; shelve
  • As in put away/put aside/put by : verb keep in
  • As in relinquish : verb give up, let go
  • As in salt away : verb save, store up
  • As in save : verb economize; set money aside for later use
  • As in bank : verb collect money or advantage
  • As in shelve : verb defer, postpone
  • As in suspend : verb delay, hold off
  • As in sock away : verb bank
  • As in dismiss : verb put out of one's mind
Example sentences :
  • But off the stage we lay aside heroics, or how should we ever get on?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Do they take them and leave them at will, as we lay aside a habit or a mask?
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • Now, lay aside all those thoughts, Falder, and look to the future.
  • Extract from : « Justice (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • How can I lay aside my clergyman's cloak for the soldier's uniform?
  • Extract from : « The New Land » by Elma Ehrlich Levinger
  • The usual young woman, that is, if you lay aside her unusual beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
  • Now listen to me, Robert: you must lay aside your uniform, and return to college.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Scenes » by Elizabeth Keckley
  • They are very unwilling, under any circumstances, to lay aside the natit.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Farewell, my child; and do not lay aside your resolution as hastily as you took it up.
  • Extract from : « The Bravo of Venice » by Heinrich Zschokke
  • Lay aside your mother's love-letters for a while and read her will instead.
  • Extract from : « The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura » by Lucius Apuleius
  • He must lay aside his violin; he must put on his brocade coat and his lace ruffles.
  • Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton