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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

The turkey-cock strutting and strumming, His bagpipe puts by at her humming, And even the old gander, The fowl-yard's commander, He winks his sly eye at her coming.

From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval

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

She seemed to have put Racicot behind her as one puts by an old garment.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

And he puts by my side a plate of crisp fried potatoes.

From The Explorer by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)