TTC - 2023

PHRASAL VERBS WITH ´SET´

Trainee: Merlina Bacot

Trainer: Ana Belén Domínguez

Deadline: 9th August

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Phrasal Verbs with SET

Set about, Set aside meaning and examples

Set about
● Meaning: Initiate or begin some action
● Example: He set about designing his homepage.
Set about
● Meaning: Attack
● Example: Two youths set about him.
Set aside
● Meaning: Separate and reserve something for a specific purpose
● Example: Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.

Set back Meaning & Examples

Set back
● Meaning: Delay or obstruct
● Example: I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip
will be worthwhile.
Set back
● Meaning: Remove from or allow distance
● Example: Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.
Set back
● Meaning: Cost money, as
● Example: How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?

Set down, Set forth, Set in Meaning & Examples

Set down
● Meaning: Write
● Example: I set down this account so others may benefit from my
experience.
Set forth
● Meaning: Begin a journey or expedition
● Example: Columbus set forth with three small ships.
Set in
● Meaning: Take root, become established
● Example: That was the point at which the rot set in.

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Set off meaning and examples

Set off
● Meaning: Leave; to begin a journey or trip
● Example: He set off in search of better opportunities.
Set off
● Meaning: Begin; to cause; to initiate
● Example: I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a
huge argument.
Set off
● Meaning: Cause to explode, let off
● Example: What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a
crowded place.
Set off
● Meaning: Make angry
● Example: Don’t set him off or he won’t shut up all day.
Set off
● Meaning: Offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a
contrary effect
● Example: My taxes did not increase because the amount of my raise
was set off by my losses in the stock market.

Set on, Set out Meaning & Examples

Set on
● Meaning: Encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone
● Example: I will set the dogs on you, if you don’t leave right now!
Set out
● Meaning: Explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing
● Example: This contract sets out all the terms of the agreement as we
discussed.
Set out
● Meaning: Go out, leave
● Example: Tomorrow we set out for America.
Set out
● Meaning: Start an activity with the intention of finishing it
● Example: Many young people set out to change the world.

Set up, Set upon Meaning & Examples

Set up
● Meaning: Ready something for use
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 ● Example: We set up the sprinkler.
Set up
● Meaning: Logically order
● Example: Set up my CD collection.
Set up
● Meaning: Cause to happen
● Example: Even a minor change can set up new bugs.
Set up
● Meaning: Trap or ensnare
● Example: I’ve got to set up that tasty rabbit.
Set up
● Meaning: Arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig
● Example: The election was set up!
Set up
● Meaning: Gel or harden
● Example: Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it.
Set up
● Meaning: Provide the money or other support that someone needs for
an important task or activity
● Example: A good breakfast really sets you up for the day.
Set up
● Meaning: Establish someone in a business or position
● Example: She set herself up as an interior designer.
Set up
● Meaning: Trick someone in order to make them do something
● Example: They claimed that they weren’t selling drugs, but that they’d
been set up by the police.
Set upon
● Meaning: Attack someone
● Example: I was set upon by a couple of young thugs.

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