Phrasal verbs with “set”

1. Set about: Meaning: Start doing something. Example: We SET ABOUT the cleaning and got it done before lunchtime.
2. Set back: Meaning: Cost. Example: The car repairs SET me BACK eight hundred pounds.
3. Set forth: Meaning: State or outline an opinion. Example: He SET FORTH his ideas in his autobiography.
4. Set off: Meaning: Start a journey. Example: We SET OFF for work at seven-thirty.
5. Set out: Meaning: Arrange, organise. Example: The contract SETS OUT all the details of the agreement.
6. Set to: Meaning: Work hard or enthusiastically. Example: If we all SET TO, we should be able to finish this in a few
hours.
7. Set up: Meaning: Start a company. Example: They SET UP a food company
8. Set aside: Meaning: Overturn a court verdict or decision. Example: The Appeal Court SET ASIDE the guilty verdict because
the evidence was unsatisfactory and declared her not guilty
9. Set in: Meaning: Change season noticeably. Example: Winter has SET IN; it's started snowing.
10. Set on: Meaning: Attack. Example: He was SET ON when he left the bar.