same as put aside
I said,'We should always have something put by for a rainy day.
I try to put a little by each month for bills.
She had put by the money for them secretly, buying less food for the week and doing without when Nick was out of the house.
`I suppose I've got enough money put by to last him some time: after all, I'd heard his wife's decision to leave him.
puts by
putting by
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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