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set-to

[ set-too ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural set-tos.

set to

Origin of set-to¹

First recorded in 1735–45; noun use of verb phrase set to

Now that sets up an interesting little potential set-to in 2016, no?

If they were to set-to to shout as soon as we had landed, our chance of getting back again would be at an end.

Why, I used to be once close to the kennel where they kept the foxhounds, and they used to set-to and sing sometimes all at once.

So he came again, and they had another regular set-to, and the boy had another good sound thrashing.

So was his successful set-to in the brewery yard with Lefty Dinan, the Tenth street cock-of-the walk.

She was as sure of that as she was sure that the sun would set to-night in the west and would rise again to-morrow in the east.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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