| 词汇 | put by |
| 释义 | Phr V put by puts, putting, put put by sth or put sth by to save an amount of money in order to use it laterIf you put a little by every week, it soon adds up. put by sth • put sth by especially BrE to save money so that you can use it later for a particular purpose: Why don't you put by a little money each week? That way you'll soon be able to afford a motorcycle. Luckily I had some money put by in case of emergencies.■ SIMILAR TO: put aside put (something) by1. To position something next to something else. I put the note by his computer so that he would be sure to see it. Thanks, Bill, you can put those by the front door. 2. To save, preserve, or reserve something for future use. You should always put a chunk of money by in case you ever run into trouble down the line. A: "There's way too much food." B: "Well, let's put some by, and we can have it for dinner this weekend." put something byand lay something byto reserve a portion of something; to preserve and store something, such as food. I put some money by for a rainy day. I laid some eggs by for our use tomorrow. put byv. 1. To place something at the side of something else: We put the plates by the cake. 2. To save something for later use: The family put by the extra wrapping paper for next year. |
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