aside : Idioms & Phrases

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brush aside

  • verb bar from attention or consideration
    dismiss; brush aside; brush off; ignore; discount; disregard.
    • She dismissed his advances
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cast aside

  • verb throw or cast away
    dispose; throw away; fling; toss; cast away; chuck out; throw out; cast out; put away; discard; toss out; toss away.
    • Put away your worries
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lay aside

  • verb accumulate money for future use
    save; save up.
    • He saves half his salary
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push aside

  • verb push out of the way
    push away.
  • verb bar from attention or consideration
    dismiss; brush aside; brush off; ignore; discount; disregard.
    • She dismissed his advances
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put aside

  • verb stop using
    put away.
    • the children were told to put away their toys
    • the students put away their notebooks
  • verb turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
    put away.
    • it's time for you to put away childish things
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set aside

  • verb give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
    appropriate; earmark; allow; reserve.
    • I will earmark this money for your research
    • She sets aside time for meditation every day
  • verb make inoperative or stop
    suspend.
    • suspend payments on the loan
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set-aside

  • adjective satellite reserved in advance
    booked; engaged.
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To brush aside

  • to remove from one's way, as with a brush.
Webster 1913

To cast aside

  • to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient.
Webster 1913

To go aside

  • . (a) To withdraw; to retire.
    He . . . went aside privately into a desert place. Luke. ix. 10.
    (b) To go from what is right; to err. Num. v. 29.
Webster 1913

To set aside

  • (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.
Webster 1913

To step aside

  • to walk a little distance from the rest; to retire from company.
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To turn aside

  • to avert.
Webster 1913

To turn aside ∨ away

  • . (a) To turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a company; to deviate. (b) To depart; to remove. (c) To avert one's face.
Webster 1913