See put by on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From put + by.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "puts by",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "putting by",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "put by",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "put by",
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]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "put by (third-person singular simple present puts by, present participle putting by, simple past and past participle put by)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "62 15 19 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "59 13 22 6",
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"name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"by\"",
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{
"_dis": "62 11 21 5",
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"_dis": "69 6 21 4",
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{
"text": "Our family has been putting food by for generations.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I have put by a few hundred pounds for a rainy day.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use."
],
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"store"
],
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],
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"save",
"save"
]
],
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"(transitive) To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use."
],
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"sense": "save",
"word": "save"
}
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"tags": [
"transitive"
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},
{
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{
"text": "When the lesson was finished, she put by her books and papers.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 320:",
"text": "For Christian shame, put by this barbarous brawl:",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:",
"text": "I refolded and put by his letter and the draft for the fifty pounds,",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:",
"text": "When I came first to Caulds I sought to prevail upon him to accept the eldership, but he aye put me by, and when I heard his tale I saw that he had done wisely.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard."
],
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"remove",
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],
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"reject",
"reject"
],
[
"disregard",
"disregard"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard."
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 47 20 32",
"word": "put away"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 47 20 32",
"word": "set aside"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 47 20 32",
"word": "put aside"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 47 20 32",
"word": "lay aside"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 47 20 32",
"word": "lay by"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 47 20 32",
"word": "lay up"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 47 20 32",
"word": "accumulate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 92 2 6",
"sense": "remove, reject",
"word": "put away"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 92 2 6",
"sense": "remove, reject",
"word": "set aside"
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"sense": "remove, reject",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 92 2 6",
"sense": "remove, reject",
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]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I managed to put that transaction by accounts payable.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform an action without attracting the attention of."
],
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"(ditransitive) To perform an action without attracting the attention of."
],
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"sense": "do without notice",
"word": "sneak past"
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"_dis1": "6 12 70 13",
"sense": "do without notice",
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}
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},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Bow Spring put by to avoid colliding with the Manzanillo II.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision"
],
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"(intransitive) Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision"
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"word": "put by"
}
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"English lemmas",
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"English phrasal verbs",
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],
"etymology_text": "From put + by.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "puts by",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "putting by",
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"participle",
"present"
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{
"form": "put by",
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"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "put by",
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"pos": "verb",
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"text": "Our family has been putting food by for generations.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I have put by a few hundred pounds for a rainy day.",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use."
],
"links": [
[
"store",
"store"
],
[
"reserve",
"reserve"
],
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"save",
"save"
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"(transitive) To store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs",
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"text": "When the lesson was finished, she put by her books and papers.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 320:",
"text": "For Christian shame, put by this barbarous brawl:",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:",
"text": "I refolded and put by his letter and the draft for the fifty pounds,",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:",
"text": "When I came first to Caulds I sought to prevail upon him to accept the eldership, but he aye put me by, and when I heard his tale I saw that he had done wisely.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard."
],
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"reject",
"reject"
],
[
"disregard",
"disregard"
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],
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"(transitive) To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figurative) to reject or disregard."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English ditransitive verbs",
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],
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{
"text": "I managed to put that transaction by accounts payable.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform an action without attracting the attention of."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ditransitive) To perform an action without attracting the attention of."
],
"tags": [
"ditransitive"
]
},
{
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Bow Spring put by to avoid colliding with the Manzanillo II.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision"
],
"links": [
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"ship",
"ship"
],
[
"aground",
"aground"
],
[
"collision",
"collision"
]
],
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"(intransitive) Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "save",
"word": "save"
},
{
"word": "put away"
},
{
"word": "set aside"
},
{
"word": "put aside"
},
{
"word": "lay aside"
},
{
"word": "lay by"
},
{
"word": "lay up"
},
{
"word": "accumulate"
},
{
"sense": "remove, reject",
"word": "put away"
},
{
"sense": "remove, reject",
"word": "set aside"
},
{
"sense": "remove, reject",
"word": "put aside"
},
{
"sense": "remove, reject",
"word": "lay aside"
},
{
"sense": "do without notice",
"word": "sneak past"
},
{
"sense": "do without notice",
"word": "get past"
}
],
"word": "put by"
}
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