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verb 
  1. To preserve food by canning, freeze, freezing, drying, etc.
Our family has been putting food by for generations.
  1. To perform an action without attracting attention.
I managed to put that transaction by accounts payable.
  1. To save money.
  1. I have put a few hundred pounds by for a rainy day.
Etymology: From put + by


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