set back
| Verb | 1. | set back - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" hold - stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" suspend - render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended" probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence reprieve, respite - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution |
| 2. | set back - slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back" hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project" | |
| 3. | set back - cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000" |
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set 1
verb1. To deposit in a specified place:
2. To put in or assign to a certain position or location:
3. To alter for proper functioning:
4. To arrange tableware upon (a table) in preparation for a meal:
5. To place (a story, for example) in a designated setting:
6. To bring about or come to an agreement concerning:
7. To appoint and send to a particular place:
8. To calculate approximately:
9. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something:
Military: lay.
10. To change or be changed from a liquid into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass:
11. To make or become physically hard:
set about
To go about the initial step in doing (something):
set apart
To make noticeable or different:
set aside
To put an end to, especially formally and with authority:
set back
To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
set by
To reserve for the future:
set down
1. To register in or as if in a book:
2. To come to rest on the ground:
set forth
To state, as an idea, for consideration:
set off
1. To be the cause of:
2. To stir to action or feeling:
3. To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition:
4. To act as an equalizing weight or force to:
set out
1. To go about the initial step in doing (something):
2. To work out and arrange the parts or details of:
3. To proceed in a specified direction:
set to
To go about the initial step in doing (something):
set up
2. To bring into existence formally:
3. Informal. To pay for the food, drink, or entertainment of (another):
Idiom: stand treat.
1. Firmly established by long standing:
2. In a definite and final form; not likely to change:
3. Fixed and distinct from others:
4. On an unwavering course of action:
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