As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To push something to one side. Interactive: 1. Used alone in a discussion with someone to mean that you want to put one issue or topic to the side so that you can continue to discuss another related issue or topic. English = "let's forget about that for the moment", "putting that issue to the side" and so on. As Modifier: 1. Used between two separate topics of discussion (at the end of the first or at the beginning of the second) to mean that you are ending the first topic and changing topics to a second one. English = moving on, on the other hand, putting that aside... 2. Used between two separate events or episodes in a story to mean one finishes and now, then, next the second begins. English = next, then.