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So as to pass a given point.
- usage: "every hour a train goes past"
- synonyms: past
In reserve; not for immediate use.
- usage: "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"
- synonyms: aside, away

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