lay by
Upper Intermediate (B2) neutral
To save something (usually money) for later; or in British shops, to ask them to keep something for you while you pay for it slowly.
"She laid by a little from each pay cheque to cover Christmas expenses."
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Minecraft Hardcore - S4E77 - "The WORLD TOUR!" • Highlights
Ph1LzA · 15:20
and then put it on my second Monitor and lay by lay we built it
Trading with Native Americans - Jon's Journal Episode 26
Townsends Journal · 4:44
woman Indian woman to cure me as she says therefore I must lay by my pen uh