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verb (intr, preposition)
to start or begin
to attack physically or verbally
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Words nearby set about
sestina, Sestos, Sesto San Giovanni, set, seta, set about, setaceous, set against, set an example, set apart, set a precedent
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set about
Begin, start, as in How do we set about solving this puzzle? [c. 1600]
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