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aside
[ uh-sahyd ]
adverb
- on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction:
to turn aside; to move the chair aside.
- away from one's thoughts or consideration:
to put one's cares aside.
- in reserve; in a separate place, as for safekeeping; apart; away:
to put some money aside for a rainy day.
- away from a present group, especially for reasons of privacy; off to another part, as of a room; into or to a separate place:
He took him aside and talked business.
- in spite of; put apart; notwithstanding:
all kidding aside; unusual circumstances aside.
noun
- a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- words spoken so as not to be heard by others present.
- a temporary departure from a main theme or topic, especially a parenthetical comment or remark; short digression.
aside
/ əˈɪ /
adverb
- on or to one side
they stood aside to let him pass
- out of hearing; in or into seclusion
he took her aside to tell her of his plan
- away from oneself
he threw the book aside
- out of mind or consideration
he put aside all fears
- in or into reserve
to put aside money for old age
- aside frompreposition
- besides
he has money aside from his possessions
- except for Compare apart
he has nothing aside from the clothes he stands in
noun
- something spoken by an actor, intended to be heard by the audience, but not by the others on stage
- any confidential statement spoken in undertones
- a digression
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲȴ-· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- aside from,
- apart from; besides; excluding:
Aside from her salary, she receives money from investments.
- except for:
They had no more food, aside from a few stale rolls.
More idioms and phrases containing aside
see all joking aside ; lay aside ; set aside ; take aside .Example Sentences
At a New York City rally in March, Schumer's constituents urged him to step aside if he wasn't willing to fight the Trump regime.
Jurors had previously been warned to try the case purely on the evidence heard in court and set all emotion aside.
Jurors in the case of two men accused of felling the famous Sycamore Gap tree have been told by a judge to set all emotion aside.
Having swept two-time heavyweight world champion Joshua aside, Dubois now has his sights on felling another of the old guard in the Ukrainian.
My hedonistic weeklong breaks from school were about resting up and devouring novels, my stack of fiction pushed aside through semesters of full class loads and at least one job.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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