はさておき・はさておいて

Use this expression to deliberately set aside a topic or consideration and move on to something more important or urgent. It signals that the speaker recognizes a point but chooses not to discuss it at the moment, often to focus on what follows. はさておき is the more common form; はさておいて is a slightly more colloquial or emphatic variant. The choice of noun or verb before はさておき/おいて depends on what you want to set aside.