SET ASIDE

Good morning, everyone. I hope you had an excellent weekend. 

We have received a request from one of our users for us to do some lessons with information about phrasal verbs with the verbs SET, GIVE and MAKE.

The next few Daily Vitamins will be dedicated to some of the more common phrasal verbs with these words. You can find more information about phrasal verbs in some past Daily Vitamins. If you go to this section on our website, you can search through the more than 4,400 Daily Vitamins that we have created. 

Today's expression is: to set something aside (a separable phrasal verb)

It means: to save a quantity of something, such as money or supplies, in order to use it later for a specific purpose.

Example 1: Marcus is only 45 years old but he has already set aside money for his retirement.

Since set aside is a separable phrasal verb, which means we can put an object between the verb (set) and the adverbial particle (aside), example 1 could also be written like this:

Example 2: Marcus is only 45 years old but he has already set money aside for his retirement.

Example 3: I've made three cakes, but I'm setting them aside for the party tomorrow night. Please don't eat them!

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I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

All the best!