All lay aside synonyms

verb lay aside

• economize — to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• categorize — If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to.
• renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
• waive — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• forgo — to abstain or refrain from; do without.
• withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
• vacate — to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
• collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• conserve — If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
• freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
• prolong — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
• mothball — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
• amass — If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
• invest — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
• hoard — a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
• ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
• deride — If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
• cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• heckle — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
• break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
• cede — If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.
• hand over — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.