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11set back — {v.} 1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check. * /The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks./ 2. {informal} To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost. * /His new car set him back over $3000./ …
12set\ back — v 1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check. The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks. 2. informal To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost. His new car set him back over $3000 …
13set back — 1) cause to put off or get behind schedule, slow up We were set back over a month when the floods destroyed the road to our farm. 2) (smb) cost How much did your new suit set you back? …
14set back — the rains have set back the work on the bridge Syn: delay, hold up, hold back, slow down/up, retard, check, decelerate; hinder, impede, hobble, obstruct, hamper, inhibit, frustrate, thwart …
15set back — phr verb Set back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑clock, ↑plan …
16set-back — /set bak /, n. 1. Survey. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured. 2. setback (def. 4). [special use of SETBACK] * * * …
17Single set back — (also known as the Lone Setback or Ace formation or Oneback or Solo ) is an offensive base formation in American Football which requires only one running back lined up about five yards behind the quarterback. There are many variations on single… …
18set back on one's heels — or[knock back on one s heels] {v. phr.}, {informal} To give an unpleasant surprise; upset suddenly; stop or turn back (someone s) progress. * /Jack brags too much and it set him back on his heels when the coach told him he wasn t as good a player …
19set back on one's heels — or[knock back on one s heels] {v. phr.}, {informal} To give an unpleasant surprise; upset suddenly; stop or turn back (someone s) progress. * /Jack brags too much and it set him back on his heels when the coach told him he wasn t as good a player …
20set back — verb a) To delay or obstruct. I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile. b) To remove from or allow distance. Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet …
