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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91) As the 1980 election approached, advisers like Martin Anderson set about incorporating Reagan's idea into a coherent economic strategy.
92) Using the pen he had bought from the deaf mute, he set about his task with diligence.
93) How should we set about the task of becoming wise?
94) Meanwhile we set about the serious business of replacing the broken foremast.
95) He set about making a longbow with his customary craftsmanship.
96) We have already seen how the creators of wants, the psychology-manipulators in advertising, had set about trying to undermine it.
96) Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
97) We set about expanding output along all the relevant dimensions.
98) Get any medical help available, then set about finding your own way to manage your disabilities.
99) Optimistic and somewhat naive, I set about the task of raising funds and organizing operations.
100) The power station was in poor repair, and Smith set about installing new insulators and restoring good practice.
101) Johnny Marr set about moulding a band around the songwriting.
102) The Circular clearly envisages that LEAs will set about testing these hypotheses.
103) Megan set about raising standards wherever they were needed, using her political skills and considerable personal charm.
104) There is sufficient evidence to indicate that students may differ markedly in the ways they set about learning.
105) Charles took one look at the proffered platitudes, which he knew to be absurd, and set about writing an alternative.
106) Amelia, her finances considerably reduced, saw an opportunity and set about getting her Kinner.
107) He set about using the time to run a complete check on his detection and recording equipment.
108) The latter set about restoring its decrepit but largely unaltered state, uncovering the great stone fireplace in the hall.
109) You will be able to tackle and succeed in almost anything provided you set about the problem in the right way.
110) Where others would have dismissed the idea as impractical, Sherwood set about locating those vehicles which had survived intact.
111) They immediately set about the task of pushing the jostling photographers away from the limousine.
112) They rolled out the awning, retrieved a patio set from their storage shed and set about doing nothing.
113) They formed a woodcarving group and set about carving bench ends.
114) But having been once rebuffed, the Scandinavians set about collecting more evidence.
115) He deferred admission to Stanford medical school and set about taking three seconds off his 200 time.
116) Where the type is suitable this is how to set about propagating roses by cuttings.
117) He set about drawing up a rescue plan amid a political storm that resulted in the resignation of two cabinet ministers.
118) How does the archaeologist set about locating sites, other than through documentary sources and salvage work?
119) She saw it as an opportunity to take control of her life and set about tackling the crisis with positive thinking.
120) Nevertheless, Britain's early filmmakers set about the business of film production with some brio and not a little flair.
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.