set forward

Idioms  

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

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.

From Reuters • Apr. 22, 2022

“These are two nuclear superpowers. They ought to be engaged in conversations, and they covered a wide range of topics. They disagreed on many things but also set forward some constructive paths on important topics.”

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2018

That the accounts set forward by mother and grandmother rarely line up means that Spiegelman’s memoir must address not only the therapeutic pain of memory but also, as in Maus, its unreliability, subjectivity, and elusiveness.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2016

Three football players push the set forward into its place.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan