set aside

English

Verb

set aside (third-person singular simple present sets aside, present participle setting aside, simple past and past participle set aside)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.

   Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To disagree with something and reject or overturn it.
3. (transitive, idiomatic) To declare something invalid or null and void.

Antonyms

• raise, beg (as in beg the question) (of a question)

Translations

separate and reserve for a specific purpose

disagree with something

declare something invalid

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Dutch: wegzetten Spanish: apartar (a un lado)

See also

• set-aside

Anagrams

• eastside
• steadies