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Aside

Meanings and phrases

aside

adv.

1. on or to one side
2. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); away
3. not taken into account or excluded from consideration; apart
4. placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; apart
5. in reserve; not for immediate use; by; away
6. in a different direction; away

aside

n.

1. a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
2. a message that departs from the main subject; digression; excursus; divagation; parenthesis

brush aside

v.

1. bar from attention or consideration; dismiss; disregard; brush off; discount; push aside; ignore

cast aside

v.

1. throw or cast away; discard; fling; toss; toss out; toss away; chuck out; dispose; throw out; cast out; throw away; cast away; put away

E.g.

• This also reduces gay Asian men into a category of an object or 'kink' that can be adopted or cast aside at will.
• She shakes loose from the memory and begins to dance with Ben, who is touched by the memory of the Sally he once cast aside.
• He goes on to admit that he's lonely because he's not married and has no family and that he was cast aside like a used part.

lay aside

v.

1. accumulate money for future use; save; save up

push aside

v.

1. push out of the way; push away
2. bar from attention or consideration; dismiss; disregard; brush aside; brush off; discount; ignore

put aside

v.

1. stop using; put away
2. turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; put away

E.g.

• The hands are put aside and each receives 3 new cards.
• Gold coins with a total face value of $6 were put aside for assay.
• Following her marriage, she decided to put aside her career for a while.

set aside

v.

1. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; allow; appropriate; earmark; reserve
2. make inoperative or stop; suspend

E.g.

• Land was set aside for Atomic Scientists as well.
• Some have been set aside for public open space.
• Cave Hill Cemetery set aside plots for the Union dead.

step aside

E.g.

• Ryan telephoned Akin to advise him to step aside.
• Despite intense pressure to step aside, Akin resolved to remain in the race.
• For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside."

setting aside

E.g.

• They argue that Banquo is merely setting aside his sword for the night.
• He wrote it after setting aside an early attempt to compose a symphony.
• So, setting aside her rivalry to please a guest, she visits Matsuki at her huge inn to ask for help.

stepped aside

E.g.

• He stepped aside following the 2000 NBA Finals in favor of a returning Albert.
• Grant stepped aside over Johnson's objection, causing a complete break between them.
• This is because she thought Yulsman only wanted Kerouac in the frame, so she stepped aside.

pushed aside

E.g.

• For a time his fight with Kwel is pushed aside.
• I believe carrying out that work is important, it is not something which should be dropped and pushed aside."
• Run mainly by Canadian families of Italian origin, these groups were pushed aside in the eighties by biker gangs.

brushed aside

E.g.

• However, such objections were brushed aside.
• Not all of the 6th Army was trapped: 50,000 soldiers were brushed aside outside the pocket.
• A complaint regarding conflicts of interest and concerns raised in the consultation was also brushed aside.