put by

verb

Definition of put bynext
as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place have money put by for an emergency

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Recent Examples of put by When the smoke cleared, leaving stains on the green that didn’t affect their shots, Scheffler, who missed birdie puts by inches on 16 and 17, came up an inch short again on his 26-footer. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024 Truman answers the questions put by Pearl’s diners. — Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024 This could be tariffs on Chinese imports put by the Trump administration, the soaring price of shipping during the pandemic supply-chain crisis, higher wages to attract workers or bad harvests of specific ingredients like cocoa. — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put by
  1. store
  2. stash
  3. lay in
Verb
  • For best freshness for longer, store them stem side down, and do not stack them on top of each other.
    — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
  • After a bit of work scraping out the cocoons, they can be stored in the refrigerator.
    — Martha Ann Overland, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
Definition of store
Verb
  • That woman tuned out to be Barba, who police discovered in a car nearby an apartment where the drugs were meant to be stashed with a shoebox of fentanyl on the front passenger floor.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The Lifting Eye Serum, to Dr. Barbara Sturm Enzyme Cleanser and more, Olivia Culpo has been known to stash a few high-end buys in her beauty cabinet.
    — Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of stash
Verb
  • And even as the show plays with time differently, a lot of bricks needed to be laid in order to get to this point.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The dog, resembling a German Shepherd breed, was found laying in the middle of the road after being hit by a car.
    — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of lay in

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