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• lay aside — I verb abandon, continue, defer, delay, discard, disclaim, discount, dismiss, disregard, drop, exclude, forestall, forgo, hold, hold up, ignore, isolate, keep, lay by, lay in a stock, pass over, pick out, postpone, preserve, pretermit, put aside …   Law dictionary

• lay aside — (something) to ignore something or decide that it is not important. Our neighbors laid aside their personal safety to help us save our animals from the fire. Related vocabulary: set aside something …   New idioms dictionary

• lay aside — verb accumulate money for future use He saves half his salary • Syn: ↑save, ↑save up • Derivationally related forms: ↑savings (for: ↑save) • Hypo …   Useful english dictionary

• lay aside — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms lay aside : present tense I/you/we/they lay aside he/she/it lays aside present participle laying aside past tense laid aside past participle laid aside 1) lay aside or lay by to keep or save something,… …   English dictionary

• lay aside — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you lay something aside, you put it down, usually because you have finished using it or want to save it to use later. [V n P] He finished the tea and laid the cup aside... [V P n (not pron)] This allowed Ms. Kelley to lay aside …   English dictionary

• lay aside — {v. phr.} 1. To put off until another time; interrupt an activity. * /The president laid aside politics to turn to foreign affairs./ 2. To save. * /They tried to lay aside a little money each week for their vacation./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay aside — {v. phr.} 1. To put off until another time; interrupt an activity. * /The president laid aside politics to turn to foreign affairs./ 2. To save. * /They tried to lay aside a little money each week for their vacation./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• lay\ aside — v. phr. 1. To put off until another time; interrupt an activity. The president laid aside politics to turn to foreign affairs. 2. To save. They tried to lay aside a little money each week for their vacation …   Словарь американских идиом

• lay aside something — lay aside (something) to ignore something or decide that it is not important. Our neighbors laid aside their personal safety to help us save our animals from the fire. Related vocabulary: set aside something …   New idioms dictionary

• lay aside — Synonyms and related words: abandon, adjourn, bolt, brush aside, brush off, carry away, carry off, cart away, cast, chuck, continue, cordon, cordon off, cull out, defer, delay, delocalize, dislodge, dismiss, displace, ditch, divide, drag out,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• lay aside — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To set aside] Syn. put aside, put to one side, dismiss, abandon, reject, drop, put off; see also abandon . 2. [To save] Syn. lay away, collect, keep; see save 3 , store 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To reserve for the… …   English dictionary for students