Synonym: approach, attempt, begin, commence, get, get down, go about, set out, start, start out, undertake. Similar words: get about, forget about, just about, about, go about, come about, know about, care about. Meaning: v. 1. begin to deal with 2. enter upon an activity or enterprise 3. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
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31) The new leader set about imposing his vision on the party.
32) I tried to apologize, but I think I set about it the wrong way.
33) In a very forceful speech he set about his critics.
34) The new government must set about finding solutions to the country's economic problems.
35) Undaunted by the scale of the job, Lesley set about planning how each room should look.
36) It was a pleasure to see the housewifely way in which Mr Wilson set about everything.
37) They set about spreading their memories of the books.
38) They set about this task with great enthusiasm.
39) Back home,[sentencedict.com/set about.html] Wolfgang set about writing the opera anyway.
40) Patiently Loi and Mark set about constructing another spar.
41) So the mandarins set about finding an alternative.
42) I set about researching conventional wisdom for clues.
43) But we don't know how to set about it.
44) She set about making a pot of tea.
45) From there he set about recording his solo debut.
46) Taylor set about designing one for Midvale.
47) Joe immediately set about cultivating contacts in Chongqing.
48) He set about trying to expel me.
49) He must set about getting something like that himself.
50) So we must set about it a more roundabout way.
51) That seemed reasonable to the princess, so she climbed a tree and set about spinning to pass the time.
52) As he watched her, he set about encouraging that quality in her sculpture.
53) I retraced the footsteps of the young victim as she set about her ill-fated round that morning.
54) Now Alvin set about creating in earnest his groundbreaking modern dance repertory company.
55) As helicopter gunships buzzed overhead and tanks shelled two blocks of flats nearby, bulldozers set about destroying a swath of homes.
56) When you have gathered together as much information as possible you set about defining your client's image.
57) Lou set about decorating their new house in blues and yellows.
58) Appalled at the state of the kitchen, she set about scrubbing away the layers of grime and grease.
59) There was a large fireplace in the dining-room and she now set about wedging the cage up the chimney and out of sight.
60) Sure enough, right in front of her astonished onlookers, she set about disembowelling a dead chick.
More similar words: get about, forget about, just about, about, go about, come about, know about, care about, abound in, bring about, vegetable, set apart, set aside, inquire about, complain about, on the table, rub out, set, bounce, table, set up, asset, set out, upset, set off, labor, boundary, settle, set down, closet.