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adverb
1.
So as to pass a given point.  Synonym: past.
2.
In reserve; not for immediate use.  Synonyms: aside, away.  "Put something by for her old age" , "Has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"



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... are of pure gold. They are of God's ordaining, appointing, filling; and also sanctified by him for good to those of his that drink them. Hence Moses chose rather to drink a brimmer of these, than to enjoy the pleasures ...
— The Riches of Bunyan • Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

... Cub, and Bud rushed after Hal, who picked up, under the pine tree, a pole almost the exact duplicate of the one found by Bud. After a careful examination of them both, Mr. ...
— The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands • J. W. Duffield

... to Fulton, and on the Monday following, I received by post a letter from Miss King. It was not in her own hand-writing—she was too ill to write, but it was dictated to her sister. Just as I expected, Miss King had found it necessary considering the influences against her, and that her relatives and the community ...
— The American Prejudice Against Color - An Authentic Narrative, Showing How Easily The Nation Got - Into An Uproar. • William G. Allen

... too much influenced by the man in the case. Hero worship—all that sort of thing. An outlaw is an outlaw. This isn't a personal matter. Mr. Cummings and I are merely doing our ...
— The Million-Dollar Suitcase • Alice MacGowan

... a testament, so many years after the death of the girl, caused no little astonishment; but this was still further increased by what followed, the aforesaid Braxley instantly taking possession of the whole estate in the name of the heiress, who, he made formal deposition, was, to the best of his belief, yet alive, and would appear to claim her inheritance. In support ...
— Nick of the Woods • Robert M. Bird


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