setout
preparations, especially for beginning a journey.
start or outset.
things set or laid out for use or display, as food on a table.
getup or outfit.
an entertaining event.
Origin of setout
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How to use setout in a sentence
As soon as the victims proved favourable they all setout, the Arcadians following with the rest.
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British Dictionary definitions for set out
to present, arrange, or display: he set the flowers out in the vase
to give a full account of; explain exactly: he set out the matter in full
to plan or lay out (a garden, etc)
(intr) to begin or embark on an undertaking, esp a journey
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Other Idioms and Phrases with setout
Begin an earnest attempt, as in He set out to prove his point, or We accomplished what we set out to do. [Late 1800s]
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