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View synonyms for set out

set out

verb

  1. to present, arrange, or display

    he set the flowers out in the vase

  2. to give a full account of; explain exactly

    he set out the matter in full

  3. to plan or lay out (a garden, etc)
  4. intr to begin or embark on an undertaking, esp a journey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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None of these writers set out to write an “immigrant novel,” or to make political statements.

And two days after that, Bertrand set out to kill and be killed.

As a boy, by the way, Pierre had set out from Florida in an unsuccessful canoe trip to Cuba!

You know, you set out to do something, and I have achieved what I set out to do to the best of my ability.

After weeks of training, the first mission set out to retrieve Kent Brantly, an American doctor.

Let your orders for preparation go round tonight, so that your knaves may be ready to set out betimes to-morrow.

Twenty acres of apple trees all in a orchard together, and twenty acres of strawberries set out betwixt and between the rows!

The filibustering expedition set out in three small ships on the 28th of September.

So, madame, I count upon your influence with mademoiselle to see that she is ready to set out by noon to-morrow.

They had set out as a united party on this occasion accompanied by a large band of natives armed with spears.

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