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
The paradox of this ferocious set-to was that it came almost immediately after MPs had spent slightly under three hours lavishing praise on Bercow.
From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2019
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
"I should like to have seen him having a set-to with von Stein."
From The Old Blood by Palmer, Frederick