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put aside

verb

  1. to move (an object, etc) to one side, esp in rejection
  2. to store up; save

    to put money aside for a rainy day

  3. to ignore or disregard

    let us put aside our differences

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

This is too important to get sidetracked, and partisan politics must be put aside.

However, since then the BBP's social media account has repeatedly called for the museum to put aside those terms and enlist the group's volunteers to help with maintenance and any future running.

From BBC

But there were also immediate signs that Republicans may be willing to put aside their misgivings and give their president-elect a win.

From Salon

Let us put aside for a moment that Trump assigned two people to head up a department concentrating on efficiency.

From Salon

It also said it would put aside some of the pension fund profits, in case the fund did not have enough money in it later.

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