lay aside

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English

Verb

lay aside (third-person singular simple present lays aside, present participle laying aside, simple past and past participle laid aside)

  1. To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup.
    Coordinate terms: lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put aside, put away, put by, save, store, store away, store up
  2. To put (something) out of consideration.
    Coordinate terms: put aside, put away
  3. To put to one side, e.g. out of use.
    Coordinate terms: cast aside, cast away, put aside, put away
    • 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:
      By April 23 2002, it was laid aside for a final time at Thornaby.

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