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set about

verb

  1. to start or begin

  2. to attack physically or verbally

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Begin, start, as in How do we set about solving this puzzle? [c. 1600]
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The Esparto Fire Protection District responded to the scene, but could not engage the explosions coming from within the warehouse, and so set about stopping the fire raging across the valley floor.

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He drove his first delivery for four before he set about flaying India's bowling to all corners of this ground in an epic partnership of 303 with Harry Brook.

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Like last weekend in Perth, the Lions toiled in the early exchanges, the Reds setting about them with a vengeance, the outstanding centre Hunter Paisami leading the charge.

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From there, the team set about making Victor feel comfortable and confident as both a filmmaker and a performer.

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Mr Hipkin said there was no "agreement" with Mr Saunders who had "set about scamming and did scam Paul Lewis out of £1,500".

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