set

/set/ v [T] (present participle setting, past tense and past participle set) (ESTABLISH)

Definition

› to establish a pattern or example to follow: Parents should try to set a good example. The governor wants to set spending limits. She set a new world record at the Wannamaker Games.

(Definition of set v (ESTABLISH) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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set up something phrasal verb PREPARE
set up something/someone phrasal verb ESTABLISH
set v ARRANGE
set v BECOME FIXED
set v CAUSE A CONDITION
set v ESTABLISH
set v MOVE DOWN
set v PUT
set your mind to something idiom
set your sights on something idiom
set your teeth on edge idiom

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set about something phrasal verb
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set someone against someone/something phrasal verb
set someone/something apart phrasal verb
set aside something phrasal verb SAVE
set aside something phrasal verb IGNORE

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set foot in (some place) idiom
set something in motion idiom
set your mind to something idiom
set sail idiom
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