What is the meaning of SET ABOUT. Phrases containing SET ABOUT
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, (set) n., A group of friends. “We’re going to let her hang out with our set this weekend.â€Â [Etym., African American]
The number of repetitions in a group (i.e., one set of 8 reps).
n. A nasty girl. "Gina don't think about nothin' but how many boys she can jump. She ain't nothin' but a 'dip-set'."Â
Vrb phrs. See 'get one's act together'.
Set up is slang for an event the result of which is prearranged.
To chastise, beat, thrash. "When I got home he set about me with a strap."Â
Horsey set is British slang for wealthy country−folk.
Get one's feet wet is slang for to do something for the first time.
To set value upon, to appreciate.
Let us have sex
Give and get is London Cockney rhyming slang for bet.
obstinate (he was dead-set on not doing it)
Get laid is slang for to have sex.
Set is slang for mark as prey for robbing or apprehending. Set is American slang for a gang.
Get down is American slang for to let oneself go, begin something in earnest.
ten shillings (10/-), backslang, see gen net.
without a doubt ‘I’m dead set mate, no joke’
Shut up; get lost; i.e. "Sit on it, Potsi
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n.
See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.
v. t.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
n.
A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
v. t.
To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
v. t.
To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
a.
Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
v. t.
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
n.
Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
v. i.
To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
v. t.
To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
v. i.
To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
v. t.
To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
a.
Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
n.
That which is set, placed, or fixed.
n.
A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.
v. t.
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
a.
Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
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Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
imp. & p. p.
of Set
v. t.
To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
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