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

During production she would have to wake up at 4am to travel to the film set at Leavesden in time to get her Bilquis costume on.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Under the proposals, the latest age at which a peer should retire would be set at 85 from 8 July 2029 and then reduced by one year annually eventually reaching 80 by July 2034.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

We have a medical advisor, a technical advisor, on set at all times, and so I lean on them heavily.

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

There were golden thrones and the dummy clock, whose hands were set at midnight.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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