set apart

set apart idiom
  1. Reserve for a specific use, as in One group of tissue samples was set apart for incubation. [c. 1600]
  2. Make noticeable, as in Certain traits set her apart from her peers. [Late 1400s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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