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set-to

[set-too] / ˈsɛtˌtu /


























NOUN
brouhaha
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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

Chelsea get the ball rolling for the first quarter of this two-legged set-to!

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2018

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

There were no more scenes such as the Duke's set-to in his own stable-yard with one of his own tenants.

From My Lord Duke by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)




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