set+about
21set about your work — go/set about your ˈwork idiom to do/start to do your work • She went cheerfully about her work. Main entry: ↑workidiom …
22set about — Synonyms and related words: accept, assume, attack, attempt, begin, blast away, blast off, buckle to, commence, dive in, dive into, embark in, embark upon, endeavor, engage in, enter on, enter upon, fall into, fall to, get busy, get cracking, get …
23set about — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. start, begin a task, start doing; see begin 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch,… …
24set about — 1》 start doing something with vigour or determination. 2》 Brit. informal attack (someone). → set …
25To set about — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next… …
26To set about — About A*bout , adv. 1. On all sides; around. [1913 Webster] Tis time to look about. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. [1913 Webster] 3. Here… …
27set about — phrasal to begin to do …
28set about — start, take care; attack …
29set about — Begin, commence, take in hand, apply one s self to, take the first steps in …
30set about — Attack …
