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put/leave sth on/to one side
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(Definition of put/leave sth on/to one side from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Causing something to end
Synonyms and related words:
- -stopper suffix
- abandon verb (STOP)
- all good things (must) come to an end idiom
- and have done with it idiom
- be over the hump idiom
- break away phrasal verb (NOT AGREE)
- conclude verb (FINISH)
- freeze noun (STOP)
- hang sth up phrasal verb
- jack sth in phrasal verb
- kill sth stone-dead idiom
- knock off (sth) phrasal verb
- lay sth to rest idiom
- scrap verb (THROW AWAY)
- squash verb (END)
- stamp sth out phrasal verb
- stanch verb
- staunch verb
- stem verb
- strangle sth at birth idiom
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