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17. (with forth, out or off) start, begin, commence, go ahead; embark, start out, move out, sally forth, Inf. take off, turn to; set sail, unmoor, get underway, put out to sea; venture out, push off, depart, go, leave, exit, quit, Inf. hit the road, Inf. hit the trail.
18. set about undertake, launch, set out, set to; get going, get a move on, Inf. kick off, Inf. blast off, Inf. jump off; engage in, enter upon, get to, take up; put one's shoulder to the wheel, put one's hand to the plow, put the ball into another's court, put the ball in motion; set in motion, take the first step, make a start, take the plunge, start the ball rolling, put into execution; set on foot, lead off, open, pioneer; break the ice, break gound; start in, plunge in, Inf. dive in, Inf. pitch in, Inf. get down to it, Inf. get to it.
19. set apart a. set aside, reserve, earmark, pigeonhole; save, lay away, put away, squirrel away, lay up; keep by, lay by, keep in reserve; store up, bank, treasure up, cache, SI. stash away; collect, accumulate, garner, amass,
b. distinguish, characterize, mark, mark off; differentiate, set off, Inf. keynote, demarcate.
20. set back hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent;
retard, delay, throttle, detain, stay; hamstring, cross, foil, block, check; frustrate, thwart, inhibit, counterwork.
21. set down a. record, register, write down,
write; list, enroll, sign up, inscribe; enter, put down, docket; insert, mark down, jot down, commit to writing; catalogue, tabulate, codify,
b. attribute, ascribe, assign, attach; charge, place, pin, put down to; impute, accuse, saddle, father upon, lay at the door of.
c. humble, humiliate, mortify, put down; bring down, abase, demean, take down; embarrass, meeken, put to shame, discomfit.
22. set forth a. describe, express, give expression
to, give utterance to, utter, pronounce; state, affirm,
declare, voice, enunciate, articulate, vocalize, verbalize.
b. submit, offer, broach, present, propose, propound; bring forward, advance, move, make a motion, bid, suggest; predicate, postulate, posit; allege, aver, asseverate, avouch, say.
c. embark, start out. See - set (def. 17).
23. set in arrive, begin, come into being, come into
existence; arise, rise, dawn; issue forth, burst forth, come forth, break out; crop up, spring up, come up.
24. set off a. ignite, light, touch off, inflame; detonate, explode, fire, SI. blow, blow up.
b. start out, begin. See - set (def. 17).
25.
set on attack, sic on, put on, go for; aggress,
assail, assault, fall on, pounce on; pitch into, strike, fly at.
26. set out a. define, describe, explain, elucidate; detail, specify, fill in the particulars; report, chronicle, relate, tell, narrate, recite, recount; express, pronounce, give an account of; show, expose, reveal, exhibit, display,
b. start out. See - set (def. 17).
27. set up a. erect, raise, elevate, put up; construct, assemble, build, put together,
b. prepare, ready, prearrange, prime, plan, project; devise, block out, form, design; contrive, prescribe, fix.
c. inaugurate, establish, introduce, usher in; institute, organize, found, lay the foundation, lay the first stone; give rise to, give birth to, engender, create, beget, conceive, father.
-n. 28. collection, assortment, arrangement, selection; array, order, collocation; disposition, ordering, ordination; group, combination, number, series; succession, progression, run, hierarchy; suite, suit, scale, gamut, service; miscellany, mixture.
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