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synonyms for sets to
- contend
- disagree
- dispute
- quarrel
- quibble
- squabble
- altercate
- bandy
- battle
- bicker
- buck
- cross
- feud
- hammer
- hash
- hassle
- jump
- pettifog
- rehash
- row
- sass
- wrangle
- break with
- bump heads
- cross swords
- face down
- face off
- gang up on
- get in one's face
- go one on one
- hammer away
- hash over
- have at each other
- have at it
- jump on
- knock around
- lock horns
- mix it up
- pick an argument
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- set to
- sock it to
- stick it to
- talk back
- come through
- aid
- attack
- begin
- buckle down
- chip in
- commence
- contribute
- cooperate
- do
- fall to
- help
- launch
- participate
- subscribe
- tackle
- volunteer
- get going
- contribute work
- get cracking
- go to it
- help; get busy
- hop to it
- join in
- jump in
- lend a hand
- plunge into
- set about
- set to
- tee off
- wade in
- do one's bit
- differ
- squabble
- bicker
- tangle
- carp
- wrangle
- feud
- break with
- fall out
- spar
- argue
- complain
- divide
- bump
- embroil
- vary
- disapprove
- hassle
- battle
- row
- contend
- contest
- scrap
- fight
- charge
- dissent
- war
- spat
- dispute
- cavil
- clash
- brawl
- collide
- struggle
- strive
- caterwaul
- cross swords
- lock horns
- take on
- altercate
- be at loggerheads
- find fault
- get tough with
- have it out
- have words
- mix it up
- object to
- set to
- take exception
- squabble
- bicker
- carp
- waffle
- spar
- wrangle
- cavil
- criticize
- pettifog
- fence
- shift
- avoid
- evade
- hassle
- equivocate
- flip-flop
- pretend
- prevaricate
- dispute
- blow hot and cold
- hem and haw
- split hairs
- argufy
- chicane
- altercate
- argue over
- catch at straws
- have at it
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- nit-pick
- paralogize
- put up an argument
- set to
- talk back
- resume
- assume
- adopt
- pick up
- reopen
- initiate
- renew
- continue
- embrace
- undertake
- enter
- tackle
- open
- commence
- carry on
- espouse
- follow through
- get off
- go on
- proceed
- start
- take on
- restart
- become involved in
- engage in
- kick off
- recommence
- set to
- tee off
- bathe
- trek
- splash
- stumble
- paddle
- attempt
- toil
- launch
- initiate
- attack
- drudge
- tackle
- labor
- walk
- start
- fall to
- go for
- pitch in
- ford
- get feet wet
- get stuck in
- jump in
- light into
- set about
- set to
- tear into
- work through
- address
- bend
- give
- knuckle down
- pitch in
- throw
- turn
- apply oneself
- attend to
- concentrate on
- dedicate oneself to
- devote oneself to
- exert oneself
- get serious
- give oneself over to
- keep close to
- launch into
- occupy oneself with
- plunge into
- set to
- swing into action
- take the bull by the horns
- keep one's mind on
- put one's hand to the plow
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- niggle
- bicker
- wrangle
- hassle
- prevaricate
- fence
- avoid
- flip-flop
- spar
- dispute
- cavil
- squabble
- nitpick
- carp
- waffle
- criticize
- shift
- pretend
- evade
- equivocate
- blow hot and cold
- hem and haw
- split hairs
- chicane
- argufy
- altercate
- argue over
- catch at straws
- have at it
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- nit-pick
- paralogize
- pick to pieces
- put up an argument
- set to
- talk back
- claim
- urge
- defend
- charge
- insist
- assert
- say
- maintain
- allege
- tell
- dispute
- hold
- vindicate
- affirm
- enjoin
- prescribe
- cross
- rip
- aver
- mix
- avow
- dictate
- report
- blast
- warrant
- debate
- zap
- justify
- come at
- gang up on
- lay into
- take on
- fly in face of
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- jump on
- lace into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- mix it up
- put up argument
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- contend
- defend
- compete
- vie
- withstand
- traverse
- scuffle
- wrangle
- hassle
- battle
- row
- tilt
- scrap
- sock
- cross
- attack
- strike
- conflict
- brawl
- struggle
- buck
- duel
- rival
- feud
- repel
- rumpus
- quarrel
- break with
- gang up on
- lay out
- take on
- altercate
- fight over
- knuckle with
- lay a finger on
- put on gloves
- put up dukes
- set to
- square off
- consider
- bicker
- contest
- deliberate
- question
- wrangle
- oppose
- answer
- contend
- confab
- differ
- bandy
- pettifog
- prove
- confute
- refute
- rehash
- controvert
- agitate
- reason
- hassle
- moot
- disprove
- canvass
- demonstrate
- cogitate
- rebut
- dispute
- cross swords
- lock horns
- altercate
- bump heads
- chew the fat
- discept
- hammer away at
- hash over
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- pick a bone
- put up argument
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- contend
- differ
- divide
- clash
- dissent
- object
- haggle
- wrangle
- feud
- oppose
- quibble
- bicker
- spar
- quarrel
- palter
- sue
- discord
- disaccord
- scrap
- contest
- debate
- rip
- fight
- battle
- controvert
- spat
- brawl
- skirmish
- dispute
- war
- zap
- row
- break with
- fall out
- lay into
- take on
- altercate
- bring action
- controversialize
- discept
- go for the jugular
- have words
- jump on
- let have it
- logomachize
- set to
- take issue
- broach
- commence
- engage
- enter
- get off
- initiate
- launch
- open
- start
- take up
- jump off
- plunge into
- set about
- set out
- set to
- tee off
- start
- begin
- join
- open
- enroll
- muster
- enlist
- subscribe
- inaugurate
- commence
- take up
- become member
- commit oneself
- get oneself into
- join up
- lead off
- participate in
- set about
- set out on
- set to
- sign on
- sign up
- tee off
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antonyms for sets to
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- slough off
- be lazy
- sustain
- support
- submit
- defend
- withstand
- surrender
- shield
- shelter
- retreat
- resist
- protect
- aid
- yield
- give up
- make peace
- endorse
- approve
- keep
- agree
- surrender
- give in
- retreat
- sanction
- ignore
- concur
- harmonize
- forget
- neglect
- end
- conclude
- close
- leave
- stop
- halt
- finish
- abstain
- exclude
- complete
- cease
- release
- reject
- give up
- allow
- support
- help
- agree
- make peace
- yield
- leave
- abandon
- resign
- assist
- aid
- harmonize
- concur
- surrender
- desert
- help
- accept
- go along
- make peace
- approve
- join
- agree
- aid
- acquiesce
- coincide
- harmonize
- concur
- consent
- give in
- forget
- withdraw
- leave
- go
- depart
- stop
- finish
- end
- die
- conclude
- erase
- delete
- refrain
- abstain
- exit
- dodge
- avoid
- complete
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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