put aside

phrasal verb

put aside; putting aside; puts aside

1

: to save or keep (something, such as money) to be used at a later time

She's been putting aside some money for a vacation.

Can you put a few minutes aside for a short meeting?

2

: to stop worrying or thinking about (something)

We need to put these problems aside for now and get the work done.

It's time to put aside our differences and start working together.

Examples of put aside in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The market reaction over the past three days is clearly signaling that investors are feeling better about the tariff threat and, at least for now , are willing to put aside their other concerns. —Kevin Stankiewicz,jeff Marks, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025

Parker Benjamin’s application pledges to put aside four apartments for tenants earning no more than 80% of the region’s median income, and would target the other 12 to be affordable to people making 100% or less of the region’s median income. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2025

But even putting aside people with fear of persecution, what’s to stop the Administration from just taking any border crosser from Mexico and sending them to South Sudan? —Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 16 July 2025

Waller and Bowman have said publicly that the Fed should put aside its concerns that President Donald Trump’s tariffs could boost inflation, and the central bank should resume rate cuts this month to keep the labor market intact. —Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 30 July 2025

Rhymes for put aside

• actinide
• aldehyde
• alkoxide
• alongside
• amplified
• arsenide
• beautified
• biocide
• butoxide
• calcified
• ceramide
• certified