set something → aside phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT]1to keep something, especially a particular amount of money, so that it can be used for a special purpose$500,000 were set aside in a ‘reserve account’, the government document said.
2to officially cancel an earlier legal decision or agreementThe judgeset aside a jury verdict awarding £3.2 million to a private firm in a contract dispute.
→ see also set-aside → set