Set one back
see: set back , def. 1; 2.
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adjective 1. covered with setae or bristles; bristly. adjective 1. (biology) covered with setae; bristly
- Setout
noun, Informal. 1. preparations, especially for beginning a journey. 2. start or outset. 3. things set or laid out for use or display, as food on a table. 4. getup or outfit. 5. an entertaining event.
- Set-piece
noun 1. an arrangement of slow-burning fireworks forming a design or composition when lighted. 2. Theater. a piece of scenery used as part of a stage set, as a profile or three-dimensional construction built to stand independently on the stage floor: A few set pieces simulating rocks and a fence constituted the scenery for the […]
- Set play
noun in sports, a plan of action employed after a timeout or in particular predetermined situations; a planned offensive movement to be executed in certain situations
- Setpoint
noun 1. the desired value in a closed-loop feedback system, as in regulation of temperature or pressure. 2. the point at which a thermostat has been set, as for optimum efficiency. 3. Physiology. an internal regulatory system for maintaining a relatively stable physiological condition in the face of changing external circumstances, as body temperature in […]