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View definitions for set about

set about

verb as in approach

Strongest match

verb as in dig in

verb as in lay into

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Bolsonaro eventually returned to Brazil and set about regrouping his allies, aiming not only at the 2026 presidential race but also at other spheres of power.

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Kits arrive at the stadium and Dewhirst sets about preparing them.

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Eventually, they were overtaken, falling silent to the noisy ambitions of foreigners and settlers who set about transforming this vast floodplain with imported water and orchards and homes.

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With the help of a team of interns from the University of Sydney, they set about digitising all of Fleay's records in a bid to find out.

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The Esparto Fire Protection District responded to the scene, but could not engage the explosions coming from within the warehouse, and so set about stopping the fire raging across the valley floor.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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