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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61) The Conservative Government, under Mrs Thatcher, set about the task straight away.
62) She had set about it with a cool intensity that she applied to every job she undertook.
63) Both boats then reversed in front of me and two people from each boat set about the bridge, trying to free it.
64) Baglin emerged for the second set looking more determined, and quickly set about re-establishing himself in the match.
65) In my opinion, they should stop hounding law-abiding citizens and set about catching the obvious culprits, whoever they are.
66) I remember we set about putting together a cabaret show.
67) It's all over for another year except that Keith Ward and I must immediately set about seeking next year's sponsor.
68) Eagerly I set about to free it from its rubble prison.
69) Then she settled Victoria in the big chair and set about making tea.
70) After many disputes involving privileges and revenues of the See,[http://sentencedict.com/set about.html] he set about repairing the buildings in the diocese.
71) Broomhead shook his head in resigned disbelief and set about installing the gramophone in its housing.
72) By 0800 hours, most of the repair shops are humming as the tradesmen set about their various repair tasks.
73) Our hosts promised we would be given an early final decision, so we immediately set about pre-planning a programme.
74) How archaeologists set about trying to demonstrate belief in supernatural powers and an afterlife is the subject of Chapter 10.
75) The whole firm, working as a team, set about rectifying his mistake.
76) But I found I had little idea how to set about producing a crime short story.
77) During Nigel's second period in hospital, in between the times I spent there, I set about arranging his funeral.
78) In the space of a generation, we have set about wiping the blackboard clean.
79) Undaunted they set about flinging ropes over and, one by one, clambered across the yawning gap.
80) And the players promptly set about taking over the asylum.
81) For example, let us consider how we would set about studying levels of violence in residential establishments for children.
82) How do we set about getting the true beliefs that we need if our actions are to succeed in fulfilling our desires?
83) Having already obtained an MoD licence and farmer's permission we set about trying to pinpoint the site.
84) It is quite another thing to assess how out of balance the individual is and how to set about restoring the balance.
85) Hargreaves and party promptly set about the most obvious vertical weakness.
86) When Physioc refused to sell his property, the government condemned it and set about to take it under eminent domain laws.
87) One reason is that it may not leave sufficient motivation for the individuals to set about increasing the value of the company.
88) And Richard Hollins Murray set about creating cloisters to commemorate the links with the past.
89) He carried it home and patiently set about restoring it to full health, hand feeding it for days.
90) Police then evacuated the basement mailroom while they set about disarming the device.
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.