put on one side

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Too many dishes were put on one side, and in the middle of the dinner the table tipped over.

From Time Magazine Archive

After you die, your sins will be put on one side of a scale, and Ma’at’s feather will be put on the other.”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

This means self put on one side; it means a smiling face, a bright, cheery, voice in spite of a breaking heart.

From Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady by Paul, Mother St.

I put on one side the statement of Mirfin's grandmother because her allegation that 193 trains passed her house one night might have been based on the shunting of a single goods train.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 by Various

Swedenborg confessed to repeated walks and talks with celestial visitants, and, of course, all thought of imposture must be put on one side.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman