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set-to

[set-too]
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noun, plural set-tos.

a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.

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squabble, clash, exchange, brawl, disagreement, controversy, feud, altercation, dispute, debate, quarrel, bickering, tussle, ruckus, scuffle, scrimmage, fracas, skirmish, brouhaha, free-for-all

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Origin of set-to

First recorded in 1735–45; noun use of verb phrase set to
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Word Origin and History for set-to

set-to

n.

"bout, fight," 1743, originally pugilistic slang, from verbal phrase; see set (v.) + to.

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