put by

verb

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

Idioms and Phrases

see set aside, def. 1.

Example Sentences

“This spring, B.P.J. placed top three in every track event B.P.J. competed in, winning most. B.P.J. beat over 100 girls, displacing them over 250 times while denying multiple girls spots and medals in the conference championship. B.P.J. won the shot put by more than three feet while placing second in discus,” they told the court.

From Los Angeles Times

As it was put by the New York Times’ Kate Conger, who co-wrote a book about Musk’s buyout of Twitter: “I need you to remember we are not dealing with a 4-d chess guy, or a chess guy, or even a checkers guy.”

From Slate

She said the ruling 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

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

As concisely put by John Locke, the brilliant 17th-century political philosopher who inspired America’s founders, “Where law ends, tyranny begins.”

From Salon