set at

Idioms  

1. Also, set upon. Attack or assail, as in The dog set at the postman, or The hyenas set upon the wounded lion. The first term dates from the early 1400s, the variant from the late 1300s.

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set at

We are supported by so many different doctors and nurses who are on set at all times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The appeals come with Netflix recently having announced it wants to work toward capping mandatory investments, currently set at 20 percent of revenue.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

But he could not convert that positive position, faltering as he served for the set at 5-3 and eventually coming up short in the tie-break.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Software accounted for 17% of the institutional-investor debt in MSCI’s data set at the end of 2025, second only to industrial companies and up from 12% in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

There was a dilapidated swing set at one end of the yard, towels and jeans hanging from it.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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