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put by

To save money.
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I have put a few hundred pounds by for a rainy day.

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Submitted on March 25, 2011

Additional definitions for 'put by':

put byTo preserve food by canning, freezing, drying, etc.
put byTo perform an action without attracting attention.
put byTo run a ship aground intentionally to avoid a collision.
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