Read full poem →Yet be not over scrupulous, my son,
And be not over proud to put aside
The due consolements of the circling years.
Dictionary Entry
To save (money).
In a Sentence
“I try to put a few dollars aside each week, just in case I need money in an emergency.”
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Poetry examples for “put aside”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →wafted on the violent sea: there is but one love, one May, one flowery
strand. Love is eternal, all else unreal and put aside. The vision has an
end, the scene changes; but we have gained something, the memory of a
Read full poem →too much to disapprove of”: what I ought to protest against,
is “a load to sink a navy--too much honor”: how can I put aside
your generosity, as if cold justice--however befitting myself--
Read full poem →I light my two candles; climb to bed; then
Consider what was said; and put aside
What Such-a-one remarked, and Someone-else replied.