put by
Verb
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Verb
put by
- (transitive) To preserve (food) by canning, freezing, drying, etc.
- Our family has been putting food by for generations.
- (transitive) To save (money).
- I have put a few hundred pounds by for a rainy day.
- (transitive) To perform an action without attracting the attention of.
- I managed to put that transaction by accounts payable.
- (intransitive) Of a ship: to be run aground intentionally to avoid a collision
- The Bow Spring put by to avoid colliding with the Manzanillo II.
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