lay away

• Verbe à particule signifiant mettre de côté ou réserver quelque chose pour une utilisation ou un achat futur, souvent en versant un acompte.

A phrasal verb meaning to reserve or set aside something for future use or purchase, often by making a partial payment.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Save for future useinformalamerican

   To set aside or reserve something, typically money or goods, for later use.

   Mettre de côté

   • She laid away a portion of her salary each month for retirement.
   • He laid away some canned goods for the winter.
   • They laid away the wedding gifts in a safe place.

   Synonymesbankcachedepositlay-byput asidereservesaveset asidesquirrel awaystashstockpilestore

   Antonymesconsumespendsquanderwaste

2. Store or put asideinformalamerican

   To put something in a place where it will be kept for a long time.

   Mettre de côté

   • I laid away my winter clothes in the attic.
   • She laid away the old photographs in a box.
   • He laid away the tools after finishing the project.

   Synonymesput awayreservesaveset asidesquirrel awaystashstockpilestore

   Antonymesconsumediscardspendsquanderthrowusewaste

Verbe de baselay