put by

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English

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Etymology

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From put + by.

Verb

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put by (third-person singular simple present puts by, present participle putting by, simple past and past participle put by)

  1. (transitive) To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
    Coordinate terms: lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put aside, put away, save, store, store away, store up
    Our family has been putting food by for generations.
    I have put by a few hundred pounds for a rainy day.
  2. (transitive) To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard.
    When the lesson was finished, she put by her books and papers.
  3. (ditransitive) To perform an action without attracting the attention of.
    I managed to put that transaction by accounts payable.
  4. (intransitive) Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision
    The Bow Spring put by to avoid colliding with the Manzanillo II.

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