set sb up

— Phrasal Verb with set

/set/ verb (setting, set, set)

Definition

› COMMERCE to provide the money or other support so that someone can start a business or work in a particular position: set sb up (as sth) After he lost his job, his father set him up as a consultant to the family business.set yourself up Noye set himself up as a haulage contractor.

(Definition of set sb up from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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