put by
To store, or place in reserveTo store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
» We put the desk by that window.
Wir stellten den Schreibtisch an das Fenster.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
Our family has been putting food by for generations.
I have put by a few hundred pounds for a rainy day.
(transitive)To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard.
When the lesson was finished, she put by her books and papers.
(ditransitive)To perform an action without attracting the attention of.
I managed to put that transaction by accounts payable.
(intransitive)Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision
The Bow Spring put by to avoid colliding with the Manzanillo II.
Examples
22 sentencesWe put the desk by that window.
deWir stellten den Schreibtisch an das Fenster.
I put my desk by the window.
I was a little put out by this.
ruМеня это немного вывело из себя.
Put by money for the future.
We're not put off by the rain.
deDer Regen stört uns nicht.
Origin
From put + by.From put + by.
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Forms
puts by, putting by, put by, put byPhrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- put upприбрати, прибиратиTo place in a high location.
- put offвідкласти, відкладатиTo postpone, especially through procrastination.
- put outзасмучувати, засмутитиTo blind (eyes).
- put onнадіти, одягтиTo don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- put inвставити, вкластиTo place inside.
- put downвпускати, впуститиTo insult, belittle, or demean.
- put backзамінити, замінятиTo return something to its original place.
- put overвідкласти, відкладатиTo state or explain (a concept) in a clear, understandable manner.
More 8
- put awayприбрати, прибиратиTo put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- put throughвиконувати, винестиTo connect (a telephone caller) with the callee.
- put acrossпройти, проходитиTo explain or state something clearly and understandably.
- put byврятувати, рятуватиTo store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
- put forwardвиробляти, виробитиTo propose for consideration.
- put asideприбрати, прибиратиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
- put aboutTo change direction.
- put underUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, under.
Synonyms
10 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb