set about

verb

1. to start or begin

2. to attack physically or verbally

Idioms and Phrases

Begin, start, as in How do we set about solving this puzzle? [c. 1600]

Related Words

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• lead 
• make 
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• produce 
• set up 
• start 
• undertake