脇わきに置おく

expression, godan verb (-ku)

set aside; lay aside; put aside

Used for temporarily putting something aside, often to focus on something else. Can be literal (placing an object to the side) or figurative (setting aside a topic or task).

• その話はなしは脇わきに置おいて、本ほん題だいに入はいりましょう。

  Let's set that topic aside and get to the main point.

• 読よみかけの本ほんを脇わきに置おいて、窓まどの外そとを見みた。

  I put the book I was reading aside and looked out the window.