lay away
Britishverb
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to store or reserve for future use
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to reserve (merchandise) for future delivery, while payments are being made
Example Sentences
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If the system were anything other than rigged, she would be allowed to cash in on her moment commercially and lay away for her future.
From Washington Post
But the Hollywood star, from Neath Port Talbot, said his immediate future lay away from his home country.
From BBC
At 14, he played seven times for the club but even then, Falcao knew his future lay away from Colombia; a fact of the economics of Colombia and of football in general.
From The Guardian
Many commenters on Kmart’s Facebook page thanked the retailer for giving them early reminders about holiday shopping and services like lay away.
From Time
“Now our collection is so big that we can lay away buildings and give them a couple years off,” said Todd Forrest, the garden’s vice president for horticulture and living collections.
From New York Times
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