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lay by

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lay by

1 to get rid of as useless or unwanted

  • a politician who had laid by his principles years ago
Synonyms of lay by

cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, discard, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off) , throw away, throw out, toss, unload
Words Related to lay by

abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake

dismiss, kick out

abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out
Phrases Synonymous with lay by

dispose of, set aside
Near Antonyms of lay by

adopt, embrace, take on

employ, use, utilize

hold, hold back, keep, retain

2 to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place

  • ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies
Synonyms of lay by

cache, hoard, lay away, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, squirrel (away), stash, stockpile, store, stow, treasure
Words Related to lay by

accumulate, acquire, amass, assemble, collect, concentrate, garner, gather, pick up, round up, scrape (together)

heap, pile, stack

conserve, husband, preserve

bank, coffer, deposit, hold, keep, reserve, retain, save, set by, stock, withhold

bury, conceal, ensconce, secrete
Phrases Synonymous with lay by

set aside
Near Antonyms of lay by

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling (off or away), jettison, throw away, throw out, unload

consume, squander, use up, waste

hand out, hand over, relinquish, surrender

blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend

deplete, exhaust, expend, impoverish

dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter

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