set task
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Use a timer to set task deadline alarms.
From Inc ● Mar. 8, 2013
Its maker was no youthful pupil, stumbling at his set task.
From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert
They were the last word in filling human tissue into a mould for a set task.
From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick
At this set task in letter-writing, the cow-puncher had greatly excelled the schoolmarm!
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen
At one stage it may mean the satisfaction of accomplishing a set task, whether selected by himself or imposed by some one else.
From Your Child: Today and Tomorrow by Gruenberg, Sidonie Matzner