I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cast aside your inhibitions/doubts etc
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Cast aside your fears.
Leaving aside
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Leaving aside for a moment the question of expense, what would your view be of the suggested changes?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
brush
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The former health secretary brushed aside talk of a demotion by referring to himself as the new Minister for Majorism.
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All the assurances that the treaty would not inaugurate an arms race or cost the United States anything were brushed aside .
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Centre John Devereux converted, with giant prop Mark Jones then brushing aside two tackles to crash over for the second try.
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Quoting again from Golf in the Kingdom: Many thoughts that arise as you are playing must be brushed aside .
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Emanuel Shinwell's rhetoric, and the arguments which Crosland himself had developed in his writing, could not be brushed aside .
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And when a problem can not be brushed aside , then a scapegoat must be found.
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She was brushing aside her own contribution, saying it was one thing to be seen but another to do something positive.
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But he brushed aside charges that government overspending, corruption and its seizure of farms are to blame.
cast
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We should now cast aside all the political rhetoric of the campaign.
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It is too much to expect musicians to deliberately cast aside the fringe benefits of success.
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Every impediment to flight was cast aside .
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Everything else was cast aside , beginning with even elementary care over arrangements to get there on the night.
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University officials have displayed no sense of moral obligation toward a female student cast aside in the rush to pander to Phillips.
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That is my point: you have cast aside the probability of future happiness on a whim.
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Yet the problems are not of such proportions that hope has been cast aside .
draw
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The gate handle clicked sharply and she drew aside the lace curtain.
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As they had need, they drew aside to let ore wagons pass with their loads of concentrate and matte.
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A little fold of the veil can be drawn aside to disclose his mood at that time.
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The sedan chair was set down in a space of its own, and the curtains drawn aside .
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In addition to addressing the crowds as he journeyed through Galilee and around Jerusalem, he drew aside to be with his closest associates.
lay
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On the day of the wedding, just for a short while, all strife was laid aside .
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By then, he supposed, he would have enough laid aside to begin his own business.
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They must also lay aside their personal feelings.
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He could afford to lay aside his anger against the Trojans.
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There were of course occasions when Franz's great sword was laid aside , other instruments being required for the administration of justice.
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A few weeks later I laid aside my steak knife for good.
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Big sentences about Britain's place in the world have been laid aside .
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I clambered on to the wheelbarrow, to pray for a healing miracle, laying aside my glasses and hat.
leave
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Leave aside , for the moment, the question of whether it was justified in principle.
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The panel also left aside what Sen.
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Let's leave aside whether the conclusions of this study are a pile of rubbish.
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However, leaving aside the intolerable heat, there was no doubt that New York was a really amazing place.
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The Opposition have no quarrel with the principle of disposal, leaving aside the financial implications.
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Religious activities are just as poorly represented, leaving aside the possible temples already described.
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Now, leaving aside the case where there were different organic compositions of capital, we can see what happens.
move
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It moved aside the earth and found the petrified wood that was the heart in the forest.
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Junior moved aside to reveal what the third guy was also covering.
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As I passed the ladies I noticed that the beer crates stashed in front of the Fire Exit had been moved aside .
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Move aside the aircraft ... this weird looking craft is ready for take off.
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The picnic hamper had been stacked quietly and moved aside .
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He went to his knees, and the men behind him moved aside .
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Yet Crilly moves aside and introduces me.
put
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After 40 days she is encouraged to put aside her black clothes, but she received positive family support.
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Certainly, one ought to put aside for retirement more than Social Security.
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After that there were cheques to be attended to and put aside to await Silas's signature.
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Listening means putting aside feelings and biases to really hear what is being said.
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Downstairs again she investigated the stove, then unpacked her luggage and put aside things that had to be taken upstairs.
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Arizona Republicans put aside their political differences and intraparty squabbling Saturday to nominate delegates to their upcoming national convention.
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I found myself mentally putting aside half the afternoon for the task as I struggled over the incomprehensible jargon in my handbook.
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You must have the money put aside to cover this necessary start-up investment.
set
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Any part with life left in it or potential for reconditioning is set aside for cleaning and re-sale.
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Pour into prepared pan and set aside . 3.
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Following the grand jury's indictment, however, the retrial was set aside pending the outcome of the federal case.
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Season with salt and pepper and set aside .
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Four aides-de-camp were appointed and apartments in the Tuileries were set aside for bedroom, study and play room.
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Put eggs, still in their shells, in a bowl of warm water and set aside .
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Blend together the arrowroot and one tablespoon of the orange juice and set aside .
stand
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He stood aside to let it pass.
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He stood aside and the great vehicle moved ponderously out of the garage.
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He looked at Louis, who stood aside watching Jambo out of wounded, soulful eyes.
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They can't stand aside when confronted with evil and injustice.
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Then he stood aside again, still conducting, urging her to move faster.
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We stood aside on the trail and let them pass.
step
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He stepped aside and the auburn-haired girl strode forward into the empty road carrying the roses loosely in her arm.
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Samuelson, like most conservatives, argues that the good news would get a lot better if government would mostly step aside .
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She stepped aside into the doorway of the next room while Luch drifted out and down the stair.
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I stepped aside from the other parents in case he wanted some help, but he barely gave me a glance.
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He could step aside now without loss of face.
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At the time, Gingrich said a speaker should step aside when questions about his ethics are being investigated by in Congress.
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She would do it if she had to - Eric and Stephan stepped aside .
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Not that the elder Mr Newhouse has any imminent plans to step aside .
sweep
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But these objections were swept aside .
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But the scientific doubts were swept aside amid pleas from anxious patients.
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John Bryant, a congressman and the preferred party candidate, was swept aside .
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Yet the past may not be so easily swept aside .
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But simplistic claims have to be swept aside .
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Yet the world champion is so unpredictably gifted that one on-song display could easily enable her to sweep aside the opposition.
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He made himself the centre for information during the Red Raids that followed, brutal nights when civil liberties were swept aside .
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A small holding force of Empire troops was swept aside and the Orc army descended into the plains of Averland.
turn
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All reached for Holly's ear and all were turned aside .
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That it turned aside from the traditional teaching of scholasticism and theology is certain.
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The traveller can always stop or turn aside .
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Before long he'd had to turn aside several times.
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Immediately after, he turned aside to a doorway and vomited.
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I turn aside and bite off food for which I have no appetite.
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This time it did not turn aside .
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Terrible clouds, capable of stripping men to the bone, were turned aside by magical winds.
wave
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He steadied himself self-consciously, waving aside any further help.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
joking apart/aside
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Peter joking apart have the tories done themselves any good this week?
leave sth aside/to one side
push sth ↔ aside
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Sound problems aside , some of the acts stood out as winners.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, leaving aside the intolerable heat, there was no doubt that New York was a really amazing place.
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Kate Miskin pushed open the first door on the left and stood aside for Dalgliesh and Massingham to enter.
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Labels aside , some have been remarkably successful.
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Remove eggplant with slotted utensil and set aside .
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That aside , don't go thinking we've made things to easy for you.
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They provide a basis for evaluating shorter-term budgets and prevent long-term aims from being forced aside by short-term operational needs.
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Tie securely if desired and set aside in a roasting pan on a rack.
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We stepped aside but it stopped, and Ricardo Ruiz leaned across the front seat.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He noted as an aside that Mrs. Singer was also a member.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As an aside , if the bad-tasting red disks are strongly reinforced, avoiding pain can become more important than seeking pleasure.
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Both stories are marvelously told with learned asides that Otto is so good at.
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They have the character of asides.
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What were usually asides, about life, religion, art, politics, had come to dominate the story.