set-to
Example Sentences
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Itching for a robust little set-to, they rode around waving the California Republic’s Bear Flag — which by then was a states’ rights symbol.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024
Anyway, this promises to be quite the enjoyable set-to.
From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2017
What was most striking about this set-to was how much Warren seemed to be enjoying it.
From The New Yorker • May 17, 2016
Back in the United States, Nixon, poised to run for the presidency, gained stature as a tough anti-Communist in his set-to with Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2016
I suppose every boy about the king’s village had a set-to with me.
From O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas by Stables, Gordon
