lay aside

English

Verb

lay aside (third-person singular simple present lays aside, present participle laying aside, simple past and past participle laid aside)

1. To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup.

   Coordinate terms: lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put aside, put away, put by, save, store, store away, store up

2. To put (something) out of consideration.

   Coordinate terms: put aside, put away

3. To put to one side, e.g. out of use.

   Coordinate terms: cast aside, cast away, put aside, put away

   • 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:

     By April 23 2002, it was laid aside for a final time at Thornaby.

See also

• on the shelf