put by
verbo- To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use. · Our family has been putting food by for generations.· I have put by a few hundred pounds for a rainy day.
- To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard. · When the lesson was finished, she put by her books and papers.
- To perform an action without attracting the attention of. · I managed to put that transaction by accounts payable.
- Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision · The Bow Spring put by to avoid colliding with the Manzanillo II.
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All the pretty things put by,
The mark was put by Barker’s bloodstained slipper upon the windowsill to suggest how the fugitive got away.
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