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put by

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to set aside (money, goods, etc) to be kept for the future; store; save

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

put by Idioms  
  1. see set aside, def. 1.


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One move was “product reconfiguration and qualifying lower-cost components,” as put by chief financial officer Karen Parkhill on the earnings call.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Simply put, by any measure, Riley’s offense has been much worse away from home this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

She said the court had failed to consider human rights arguments that would have been put by trans people and the judgement had left her with the legal "nonsense" of being "two sexes at once".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

With "Only the Strong Survive," Springsteen succeeds, simply put, by elevating our senses through the pure power of song.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2022

No one wanted to go to bed when at ten o’clock Mrs. March put by the last finished job, and said, “Come girls.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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