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set aside

/sɛt.əˈsaɪd/ verb
  1. To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose. (transitive) · Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.
  2. To leave out of account; to omit or neglect. (transitive)
  3. To disagree with something and reject or overturn it. (transitive)
  4. To declare something invalid or null and void. (transitive)
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Out of each week’s earnings Chandler set aside $1.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 26 · C1
“If I tell you one thing, you will be so amiable as to set aside all impediments.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 706 · C1

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