put by

British  

verb

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

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put by Idioms  

1. see set aside, def. 1.

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Example Sentences

"Put by the watering-pot, and come here," continued Riccabocca in Italian; and moving toward the balustrade, he leaned over it.

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various

Put by, at last, beneath the lid, The exempted hands, the tranquil face; Uplift her in her dreamless sleep, And bear her gently from the place.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various

Put by a trick in the place of another, as, a supposititious child, a supposititious record.

From Every-Day Errors of Speech by Meredith, L. P.

Put by him, without any glamour of a moral purpose, the case seemed rather mean.

From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph

"Put by one of the little cocoa-nut puddings for her," said Miss Scott.

From Stories for Helen by Leslie, Eliza