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puts by

VERB

keep in

Synonyms

WEAK

deposit keep lay aside lay away lay by lay in put by put out of the way reserve cache salt away save set aside squirrel away stockpile store store away stow away

Antonyms

WEAK

spend use up waste

Example Sentences

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On Wednesday, upside bets were back in vogue with call options outnumbering puts by a ratio of 1.3-to-1.

From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2021

The thoughtful old man puts by a little of it for the sick woman.

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

What he puts by way of query on page 402 has become downright certainty seventy-nine pages further on.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell

Her face speaks peace; while vengeance inwardly Her heart demands, and but to this attends: She many things revolves, accepts, puts by; Or, as of doubtful issue, some suspends.

From Orlando Furioso by Rose, William Stewart

She seemed to have put Racicot behind her as one puts by an old garment.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)