lay aside
Put on hold
To lay aside something is to put it down or set it apart, often temporarily, so you can attend to something else.
You might lay aside a book you're reading or lay aside your knitting when company arrives.
The phrase extends to abstract things: you can lay aside your differences with someone to work together, or lay aside money for a future purpose.
Let's lay aside our disagreements and focus on what we have in common.
Delay to later time
- delayEnforced waiting period
- shelveSuspend or store
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
put off · hold off · adjourn · defer · reschedule · stall · mothball · put on hold
postpone
Delay to later time
suspend · put off · hold off · adjourn · defer · reschedule · stall · mothball · put on hold · put on ice
discard
Deliberately throw out
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- give upStop attempting something
- dropFall or release
forsake · renounce · dismiss · reject · cast off · let go · surrender · dispense with · forgo · waive
accumulate
Gather gradually
reserve · allocate · stash · hoard · squirrel away · tuck away · bank · deposit · nest egg · savings
lay asidediscard
Deliberately throw out
throw away · dispose of · get rid of · jettison · toss out