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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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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

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

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2022

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

Under the official guidance set forward by the U.S.

From Slate Apr. 14, 2021

They set forward their left feet in the same movement and lot fly such a shower of arrows as it had been snow.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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