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Put aside meaning

Put aside is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to reserve time, money, or another resource for a special future purpose.

Past simple
put aside
Past participle
put aside
-ing form
putting aside

What put aside means

save for laterB2

To reserve time, money, or another resource for a special future purpose

We put a little money aside each month.

1 more meaning of put aside is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With put: put on, put up, put off, put back, put away, put down, put out, put together, put in, put across.

With aside: set aside, take aside.

Common questions

What does put aside mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to reserve time, money, or another resource for a special future purpose. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of put aside?

Put aside, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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