phrasal verb · neutral
put by
/pʊt baɪ/PUT·BY
speakingtask2
save money gradually for a specific purpose or for later
Examples
“She puts a little money by every month for her children's education.”
“We put some cash by in case of emergencies.”
“It's sensible to put money by for retirement.”
Band 8 sentence
“Many young professionals put a portion of their salary by each month to build an emergency fund.”
Collocations
- put money by
- put something by for a rainy day
Word family
put by vputs by vputting by v-ing
Common mistakes
I put money for later.→I put money by for later.
I save money every month put by.→I put some money by every month.
Say it for a higher band
5save→6save up→7+put by
Synonyms
save
Easily confused
save up
“I'm saving up for a new laptop.”
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