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View synonyms for set on
set on
verb
- preposition to cause to attack
they set the dogs on him
- adverb to instigate or incite; urge
he set the child on to demand food
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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