Definition of set out Set out
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| set out - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" | ||
| get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, commence | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| recommence begin again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap" | ||
| strike out set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| jump off set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman jumped off to a good start in his math class" | ||
| get to arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away from home too long" | ||
| auspicate commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne" | ||
| attack begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal" | ||
| break in make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" | ||
| launch, plunge smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster" | ||
| come on occur or become available; "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake" | ||
| embark, enter set out on (an enterprise or subject of study); "she embarked upon a new career" | ||
| bestir oneself, get cracking, get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving, get going start to be active; "Get cracking, please!" | ||
| begin set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life" | ||
| set out - leave; "The family took off for Florida" | ||
| depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, take off | ||
| go forth, go away, leave leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind" | ||
| part with, dispense with, spare, give up forgo or do or go without | ||
| lift off, take off remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here" | ||
| roar off leave; "The car roared off into the fog" | ||
| blaze out, blaze indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail" | ||
| sally forth, sally out set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner | ||
| set out - lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" | ||
| range, array, lay out | ||
| arrange, set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" | ||
| compart lay out in parts according to a plan | ||
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set out
To take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
