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• lay sth aside — UK US lay sth aside Phrasal Verb with lay({{}}/leɪ/ verb [T] (laid, laid) ► to put something away or to stop using something: »We laid it aside as a defective unit and installed a newer one. ► to stop doing something, especially to stop thinking… …   Financial and business terms

• lay something aside — 1 farmers laying aside areas for conservation: PUT ASIDE, put to one side, keep, save. 2 producers must lay aside their conservatism: ABANDON, cast aside, reject, renounce, repudiate, disregard …   Useful english dictionary

• lay something aside — 1) farmers laying aside areas for conservation Syn: put aside, put to one side, keep, save 2) developers must lay aside their conservatism Syn: abandon, cast aside, set aside, reject, renounce, repudiate, disregard …   Thesaurus of popular words

• 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 — 1 /leI/ verb the past tense of lie 1 2 verb past tense and past participle laid 1 PUT SB/STH DOWN (transitive always + adv/prep) to put someone or something down carefully into a flat position: lay sth in/on/under etc: Laying my coat carefully on …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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 — I verb 1) Curtis laid the newspaper on the table Syn: put, place, set, put down, set down, deposit, rest, situate, locate, position; informal stick, dump, park, plunk 2) the act laid the foundation for the new system …   Thesaurus of popular words

• lay — lay1 [lā] vt. laid, laying [ME leyen, new formation < 3d pers. sing. of earlier leggen < OE lecgan, lit., to make lie (akin to Goth lagjan, Ger legen) < pt. base of OE licgan, to LIE1] 1. to cause to come down or fall with force; knock… …   English World dictionary

• 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 — 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 — (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