set forward

1. Also, set ahead. Turn a clock to a later time, as in For daylight-saving time we set the clocks forward. [1600s]

Example Sentences

The president has set forward a much larger goal: forgiving debt for nearly 30 million borrowers as soon as this fall.

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The Trinity Test set forward the first nuclear arms race, nearly leading to armageddon at the height of the Cold War.

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“If everyone in that hearing operates from the assumption that the facts set forward are true, then everyone should be concerned,” Sanguedolce said.

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Still, there are some reasons to think that the path the Fed set forward in its projections could play out.

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Aliyev said the two former Soviet republics, which fought their last major war in 2020, could reach an agreement quickly if Armenia accepted the principles his country had set forward.

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