laid away
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Lee urged his troops “to commit to oblivion the feelings” that the Confederate flag engendered; Davis, meanwhile, wrote that the flag should be folded up, laid away and no longer used.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
“The remains of the old must be decently laid away; the path of the new prepared,” said Henry Ford.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2017
Indeed, regulars of the resort have taken to ritualistically turning in their gadgets upon arrival, which are laid away in the master safe.
From Architectural Digest ● Sep. 4, 2014
A picture of Kennedy with Graham, a Catholic priest noted that year, was "pure 14-carat gold, to be laid away at five percent interest until the day of reckoning."
From Time ● Apr. 25, 2010
Then he laid away the traps, and he took his fiddle out of its box and began to play.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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