set aside
phrasal verbset something aside
- to save or keep money, time, land, etc. for a particular purpose
- She tries to set aside some money every month.
- The government has set aside thousands of acres of land as protected wilderness.
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- to not consider something, because other things are more important synonym disregard
- Let's set aside my personal feelings for now.
- (law) to officially state that a decision made by a court is not legally acceptable
- The verdict was set aside by the Appeal Court.