lay aside

verb

To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup.

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savesave up
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Meanings

verblay aside (third-person singular simple present lays aside, present participle laying aside, simple past and past participle laid aside)

present singular third person lays aside · participle present laying aside · participle past laid aside · past laid aside

  1. To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup.
  2. To put (something) out of consideration.
  3. To put to one side, e.g. out of use.

    By April 23 2002, it was laid aside for a final time at Thornaby.

    2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27

Synonyms & antonyms

verbaccumulate money for future use

Similar
savesave up
Broader
roll upcollectaccumulate
Also see
put bysavesave up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

lay aside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lay%20aside

MLA

“lay aside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lay%20aside. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lay aside,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lay%20aside.

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