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set aside

se·ta·side

fairly common

verb

1.

give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause

  • “I will earmark this money for your research”
2.

make inoperative or stop

  • “suspend payments on the loan”

Origin

Deverbal from set aside.

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