set task

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Use a timer to set task deadline alarms.

From Inc • Mar. 8, 2013

Its maker was no youthful pupil, stumbling at his set task.

From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert

At this set task in letter-writing, the cow-puncher had greatly excelled the schoolmarm!

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen

He had always lived in easy circumstances, doing as he liked, enjoying society, and amusing himself, and it was hard for him to devote his attention strictly to any set task.

From Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans by Cody, Sherwin

Every available hand was out at work upon some set task, part of the daily routine of the cattle world.

From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell