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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

This done, he returns to his store, puts by the papers he has not sold, takes a basket, fills it with apples, oranges, and bananas, and starts again.

From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack

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

Even the Great Bear puts by his seven lustres, and the diamond belt of Orion is unseen.

From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Ballou, Maturin Murray

But when these wants are satisfied, the wise girl puts by a certain part of her income.

From The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance by Willison, Marjory MacMurchy, Lady