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All lay aside synonyms

lay aΒ·side
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verb lay aside

  • hold β€” 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.
  • class β€” A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together.
  • classify β€” To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
  • back down β€” If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
  • cast off β€” If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you.
  • cut loose β€” to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
  • opt out β€” to make a choice; choose (usually followed by for).
  • stand down β€” Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
  • swear off β€” to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
  • take the pledge β€” a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
  • accumulate β€” When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
  • bank β€” A bank is a building where a bank offers its services.
  • cache β€” A cache is a quantity of things such as weapons that have been hidden.
  • hide β€” Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
  • put away β€” to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • spare β€” to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
  • cut corners β€” to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
  • make ends meet β€” the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
  • pile up β€” an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks.
  • pinch pennies β€” to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
  • roll back β€” to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
  • tie up β€” that with which anything is tied.
  • hang up β€” the way in which a thing hangs.
  • hold over β€” 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.
  • slow up β€” moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • break up β€” When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
  • count out β€” If you count out a sum of money, you count the notes or coins as you put them in a pile one by one.
  • lay off β€” to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • stave off β€” one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
  • pink-slip β€” to dismiss from a job: He will be pink-slipped next month.
  • hang fire β€” a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • lay over β€” to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • put an end to β€” the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
  • salt away β€” a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
  • sock away β€” to strike or hit hard.
  • lay away β€” to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • put by β€” to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • kiss off β€” an act or instance of kissing.
  • laugh away β€” to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
  • set aside β€” the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
  • barge in β€” If you barge in or barge in on someone, you rudely interrupt what they are doing or saying.
  • break in β€” If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force.
  • butt in β€” If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to.
  • come between β€” If someone or something comes between two people, or comes between a person and a thing, they make the relationship or connection between them less close or happy.
  • horn in β€” one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
  • chime in β€” If you chime in, you say something just after someone else has spoken.
  • edge in β€” a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
  • get in the way β€” be an obstacle
  • put in β€” to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
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