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puts by

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present tense third-person singular of put by

Synonyms & Antonyms of puts by

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

have money put by for an emergency

Synonyms for puts by

caches,
hoards,
lays away,
lays by,
lays in,
lays up,
salts away,
squirrels (away),
stashes,
stockpiles,
stores,
stows,
treasures

Words Related to puts by

accumulates,
acquires,
amasses,
assembles,
collects,
concentrates,
garners,
gathers,
picks up,
rounds up,
scrapes (together)

heaps,
piles,
stacks

conserves,
husbands,
preserves

banks,
coffers,
deposits,
holds,
keeps,
reserves,
retains,
saves,
sets by,
stocks,
withholds

buries,
conceals,
ensconces,
secretes

Phrases Synonymous with puts by

sets aside

Near Antonyms for puts by

casts,
discards,
ditches,
dumps,
flings (off or away),
jettisons,
throws away,
throws out,
unloads

consumes,
squanders,
uses up,
wastes

hands out,
hands over,
relinquishes,
surrenders

blows,
dissipates,
fritters (away),
lavishes,
misspends,
runs through,
spends

depletes,
exhausts,
expends,
impoverishes

dispels,
disperses,
dissipates,
scatters

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