set at

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.

Example Sentences

Suppose the dollar’s value was set at 1/4000th of an ounce of gold; a gold-backed dollar would tell us how much gold it takes to buy things.

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DJ Mathu was booked to perform a set at Depot Mayfield, a large capacity venue, on 23 August.

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Younger employees - aged between 16 and 20 - are entitled to receive the National Minimum Wage, which is set at £10 and hour.

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Set at Chiddinglye Estate, a 15th-century farm in West Sussex, England, the three-day event includes fungus-focused art installations, lectures and gastronomy; educational walks; and lots of music, mysticism and science—sometimes all three at once.

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The fine was originally set at £45m but reduced after discussions between Capita and the watchdog.

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