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25 Jul 2019
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What does "put towards" mean?
What does "put towards" mean?
This is the context:
"For every precious free evening we hope to put towards finally reading that book, cleaning that closet, or simply sitting on the couch doing nothing, there’s a friend, parent, partner, child, or colleague who would prefer we spend that time doing something else."
"For every precious free evening we hope to put towards finally reading that book, cleaning that closet, or simply sitting on the couch doing nothing, there’s a friend, parent, partner, child, or colleague who would prefer we spend that time doing something else."
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- English (UK)
It means saving money to purchase something in the future.
- Vietnamese
@Shay66 Thanks for your answer. So the I can write the part as: ... we hope to save some money finally reading that book...
Is it right? I'm still confused.
Is it right? I'm still confused.
- English (UK)
What it means here is that you hope to use your spare time on some evenings to do useful things like read a book, clean a closet or sitting doing nothing. However, others want you to do something else.
"To put towards" here means figuratively "to use."
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- English (UK)
Sorry...i didn't see the context in your original post. In your context it is the use of your spare time (to read the book). In the example of, My savings is put towards a purchase of a house, would mean saving money to purchase a house etc
- Vietnamese
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