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View synonyms for set out

set out

verb

  1. to present, arrange, or display

    he set the flowers out in the vase

  2. to give a full account of; explain exactly

    he set out the matter in full

  3. to plan or lay out (a garden, etc)
  4. intr to begin or embark on an undertaking, esp a journey
“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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"We are contacting her family to express our sympathies, explain our role, and set out how our investigation will progress. We will keep them fully updated as our investigation continues."

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He has previously set out his support for a change in the law, but will he make that view explicit again this time?

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Since then, in interviews, he has repeatedly set out his objections.

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Under the Conservative government, in June last year the Department for Transport set out plans to give the CAA "stronger enforcement powers", but no legislation on the issue was introduced to Parliament.

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Other chancellors have aimed to make similar moves, including George Osborne who, in 2015, set out plans for local government schemes to pool resources,

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