put by

verb

To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use. (transitive) · 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. (transitive) · 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 (intransitive) · The Bow Spring put by to avoid colliding with the Manzanillo II.

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The mark was put by Barker’s bloodstained slipper upon the windowsill to suggest how the fugitive got away.

The Valley of Fear, p. 72 · C1

All the pretty things put by,

A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 16 · C1

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