PUT ASIDE


Meaning of PUT ASIDE in English

1.

If you put something aside, you keep it to be dealt with or used at a later time.

She took up a slice of bread, broke it nervously, then put it aside...

Encourage children to ~ some of their pocket-money to buy Christmas presents.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)

2.

If you put a feeling or disagreement aside, you forget about it or ignore it in order to solve a problem or argument.

We should ~ our differences and discuss the things we have in common...

We admitted that the attraction was there, but decided that we would put the feelings aside.

= forget about

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P

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