setting aside
Leaving out of
Setting aside means putting something to one side, either literally or figuratively.
You might set aside money for retirement or set aside time for exercise.
The phrase often signals a deliberate choice to ignore or postpone: Setting aside my reservations, I agreed to help.
In legal contexts, to set aside a verdict or ruling is to nullify it.
- reservingSetting something aside beforehand
- bracketingTaking varied exposure shots
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- postponementDelaying to later
- sideliningRemoving from participation
shelving · earmarking · tucking away · squirreling away · waiver · vacating · annulment · withholding · cancellation · bypassing · nullifying · discarding · quashing · stashing · remission · dismissal · parking · excluding
- reservingbooking, holding, scheduling, earmarking, locking in
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
setting asideincluding
Containing as part
adding · incorporating · taking into account · counting · considering
setting asideembracing
Holding warmly, willingly accepting
accepting · acknowledging · confronting · addressing · taking up
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