put aside

Meaning

To put aside means to save or reserve something, like money or time, for a specific purpose. It can also mean to ignore or disregard feelings, disagreements, or differences in order to achieve a goal.

Examples

• I try to put aside fifty dollars every week for my summer vacation.

  I try to put aside fifty dollars every week for my summer vacation.

• We need to put aside our personal differences and work together to finish this project.

  We need to put aside our personal differences and work together to finish this project.

• She puts aside an hour every evening to read books with her children.

  She puts aside an hour every evening to read books with her children.

• Let's put aside the budget issues for a moment and focus on the creative design.

  Let's put aside the budget issues for a moment and focus on the creative design.

• He put aside his pride and apologized for the mistake he made.

  He put aside his pride and apologized for the mistake he made.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I put behind some money for the future.

  ✓ I put aside some money for the future.

  'Put behind' means to forget a bad experience. To save resources or money, use 'put aside' or 'set aside'.

• ✗ They put aside of their arguments.

  ✓ They put aside their arguments.

  'Put aside' is a transitive phrasal verb and takes a direct object without the preposition 'of'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Every month, I try to ___ some money for emergencies.

  💡 Save or reserve.

  Show answer

  put aside

• We have to ___ our disagreements if we want to win this match.

  💡 Ignore or disregard for now.

  Show answer

  put aside