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Definition of 'set about'

Verb

  1. begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"
       Synonyms: go about approach
  2. enter upon an activity or enterprise
       Synonyms: undertake attempt
  3. 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"
       Synonyms: get down begin get start out start set out commence
       Antonyms: end terminate


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