set to work (verb)
31SET — See: Securities Exchange of Thailand See: Stock Exchange of Thailand * * * SET SET noun [uncountable] COMPUTING secure electronic transfer a way of buying and paying for goods on the Internet that allows the safe exchange of personal and… …
32set — set1 verb (sets, setting; past and past participle set) 1》 put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position. ↘(be set) be situated in a specified place or position. ↘represent (a story) as happening at a specified time or… …
33set up — phrasal verb Word forms set up : present tense I/you/we/they set up he/she/it sets up present participle setting up past tense set up past participle set up 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to start something such as a business, organization, or… …
34set sb up — UK US set sb up Phrasal Verb with set({{}}/set/ verb (setting, set, set) ► 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 …
35set — I verb 1) Beth set the bag on the table Syn: put (down), place, lay, deposit, position, settle, leave, stand, plant; informal stick, dump, park, plonk, pop 2) the fence is set in concrete …
36work — noun 1》 activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result. 2》 such activity as a means of earning income. ↘W. Indian a job. 3》 a task or tasks to be undertaken. ↘the materials for this. ↘(works) chiefly… …
37set aside — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms set aside : present tense I/you/we/they set aside he/she/it sets aside present participle setting aside past tense set aside past participle set aside 1) to keep or save something from a larger amount or… …
38work up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms work up : present tense I/you/we/they work up he/she/it works up present participle working up past tense worked up past participle worked up 1) a) to develop a particular feeling We went for a long walk to… …
39set off — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To contrast] Syn. set apart, be different, appear different, be the opposite; see contrast 1 , offset . 2. [To explode] Syn. touch off, set the spark to, detonate; see explode 1 . 3. [To begin] Syn. start out, set forth, set …
40set out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. initiate, start, commence; see begin 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead… …
