to keep a period of time free so that you can use it for a particular purpose
to keep something so that it can be used or taken away later
to not allow yourself to be affected by a problem, argument etc so that you can achieve something more important
to save an amount of money so that you can buy or pay for something in the future
All you need to do is put aside your paranoia about E. coli.
And how much money should he put aside each month?
As the moon focuses on money, cash put aside in the past could surface again.
Begin the habit of putting aside some money each month.
Both sides need to put aside their differences and continue the peace talks.
Each month she puts some money aside for her retirement.
How much money should he put aside?
I am talking about the values we hold: standing together, putting aside personal interests for the good of the team.
I put aside a day at the end of each month for doing the business accounts.
I put aside a whole day to roam between its dusty covers.
Laura put aside her concerns and got on with the job.
Millions more are putting aside money in investment funds to pay for a big financial outlay such as children's university fees.
My friends and I put aside a whole day for a very jolly time.
My parents brought me up to realise how important it is to have some money put aside.
Not enough money was put aside to pay for personal injury claims, costing the firm millions.
One of the most flexible ways of putting aside money for your son or daughter is a conventional savings account.
Perhaps the simplest first step is to put aside the arguments and get back to the data.
Plus most of them are still working, meaning they still have the chance to keep putting aside savings.
Remember to put aside money in a savings account to cover the bill when it arrives.
Some departments already put aside some money for emergencies, but short of 5 per cent.
The panel have put aside two days for the case.
The shop offered to put the dress aside while I went to the bank.
These days people just don't have that kind of money put aside.
They have also got to put aside their own feelings.
This could mean that money put aside to pay for university fees or mortgage deposits could potentially be squandered.
This would allow more people access, and also allow those with money to put aside capital for their children.
We need to put aside feelings of prejudice and jealousy in new, wider partnership working.
We then put aside about another 20% or more into general savings.
We would like to open accounts where we can put aside money for the next 18 or so years.
When she was a girl, he had decided with her mother to put aside some money for her wedding.
puts aside
putting aside
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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