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Phrase(s): set something apart from something else
1. to move something so it is away from something else. • Set the old ones apart from the others so we can sell them first. • The stale loaves were set apart from the fresh ones. 2. to make something stand out when compared to something else. • The bright green really sets this plant apart from the others. • Her golden hair sets her apart from all the others., Phrase(s): set someone apart from someone else
to make someone stand out when compared to someone else. • Her flaming red hair sets her apart from all the others in her class. • They set themselves apart from the rest due to their superb accomplishments.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs