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单词 lay something aside
释义

lay something aside

1Put something to one side: he laid aside his book figurative the situation gave them a good reason to lay aside their differences...
  • If ethnic differences are laid aside, it is likely the issue of religious observance that will keep Afghanistan's rulers busy for some time to come.
  • By the time we lay the book aside, we have witnessed an extraordinary reversal.
  • After and only after both players have picked, they may take pairs of cards of the same rank from their hands and lay them aside to count toward their score.

Synonyms

abandon, cast aside, reject, renounce, repudiate, dismiss, disregard, ignore, forget, discard
archaic forsake
defer, shelve, hold over, suspend, put on ice, mothball, set aside, put off, put aside, put out of one's mind, wave aside, put back, adjourn
informal put on the back burner, put in cold storage
rare remit
1.1Reserve money for the future or for a particular cause: he begged them to lay something aside towards the cause...
  • For homeowners it means paying off the mortgage slower, or reducing their ability to lay money aside for retirement.
  • Prompt treatment is vital for the well-being of your pets, so ensure you can afford to lay money aside for contingencies such as these.
  • She has laid aside a little sum, but her long expensive illness takes her last dollar.

Synonyms

put aside, put to one side, keep, save, store, hold in abeyance
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