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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Example Sentences

So many of my dad’s stories about his youth were set at Carville that I’d been imagining it for my entire life, but he never said much about his time in the infirmary.

From Salon

VAT in Norway is set at 25 percent for cars.

From Barron's

By Thursday, top officials had set at least three specific actions framed as a response.

From The Wall Street Journal

The massive pits at Durrington Walls in Wiltshire are set at regular intervals, ten metres in diameter and more than five metres deep.

From BBC

The research carried out by York St John University and the mayoral combined authority found that a £1-a-night visitor levy could make more than £26m a year across York and North Yorkshire, rising to more than £52m if the charge was set at £2.

From BBC

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