set-to
Example Sentences
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Black leaders and groups sponsored the first Black float, “Freedom Bursts Forth,” for the 1964 parade, after a very public set-to over the parade’s absence of people of color.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2022
What was most striking about this set-to was how much Warren seemed to be enjoying it.
From The New Yorker • May 17, 2016
I called Mr. Smith about our set-to in 2010.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2014
Originally scheduled for July 2015, the superhero set-to will now appear on 6 May, 2016.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2014
So we cut it out, and she was set-to with her needle afore I come up to you.
From Mother Meg or, The Story of Dickie's Attic by Shaw, Catharine
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
