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put/lay sth on/to one side

Definition

C2 to not use something, especially an amount of money, in order to keep it for later use: We have put some money on one side for next year's summer holiday.Budgeting and saving money
(Definition of put/lay sth on/to one side from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)