set function
Americannoun
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Then again, Korins says, “a lot of the set function is less illusion than gags. Almost anything that happens magically is for a laugh.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2018
The requirements of modern war are such that we certainly do not want to turn out one man exactly like another, or turn the majority into mechanical men, capable of one set function.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
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