set aside vs spend like water

set aside

verb
  • To disagree with something and reject or overturn it. 

  • To declare something invalid or null and void. 

  • To leave out of account; to omit or neglect. 

  • To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose. 

spend like water

How often have the words set aside and spend like water occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )