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单词 set sth aside
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set sth aside

phrasal verb with set uk/set/us/set/verb present participle setting, past tense and past participle set

(PURPOSE)

to save something, usually money or time, for a special purpose:

He had some money in an account that he'd set aside for his kids.
[ + to infinitive ] I set aside half an hour every evening to hear Erik read.

More examples

  • I set aside some of the soup for Jim to have later.
  • We set aside a few dollars a month to buy furniture.
  • Could you set aside half an hour this afternoon to talk about Emma?

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Keeping and storing things

  • appropriate
  • aside
  • bank
  • capture
  • cling
  • cling (on) to sth
  • earmark
  • lay
  • lay sth in
  • maintain
  • pack sth away
  • pocket
  • put sth away
  • repository
  • reserve
  • storage
  • store
  • store sth up
  • stow
  • stow (sth) away

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(LEGAL DECISION)

If a judge or court sets aside a previous decision or judgment, they state that it does not now have any legal effect, usually because they consider it to have been wrong:

The Court of Appeal set aside his conviction.

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Judges & juries

  • beak
  • challenge
  • chief justice
  • court of inquiry
  • dismiss
  • empanel
  • favour
  • foreman
  • instruct
  • judge
  • jurist
  • juror
  • jury service
  • justice
  • Justice of the Peace
  • rule
  • sheriff
  • sum
  • sum up
  • worship

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(IGNORE)

to decide that you will not be influenced by your own feelings or opinions because they are not important at a particular time:

In times of war people tend to set aside political differences.

to ignore or not think about a particular fact or situation while considering a matter:

Setting aside the question of cost, what do you think of the idea in principle?

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Neglecting and ignoring

  • beneath the/sb's radar idiom
  • block sth out
  • brush sth off
  • bury/have your head in the sand idiom
  • bypass
  • lay
  • let sth ride idiom
  • look straight/right through sb idiom
  • lost
  • lost in the shuffle idiom
  • moulder
  • push
  • ride
  • snub
  • step
  • step on sb
  • sweep sth aside
  • there's none so deaf as those who will not hear idiom
  • tune
  • wave

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