Synonym: array, begin, commence, depart, get, get down, lay out, part, range, set about, set forth, set off, start, start out, take off. Similar words: let out, get out, set off, get out of, set fire to, give rise to, tour, set. Meaning: v. 1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action 2. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line 3. leave.
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(31) They first set out to convert the heathen.
(32) Set out the cakes attractively, using lacy doilies.
(33) We have achieved what we set out to do.
(34) The day was dawning when we set out.
(35) We set out at break of day.
(36) We set out at first light the next day.
(37) These movies deliberately set out to shock.
(38) She set out the pieces on the chess-board.
(39) She set out at dawn.
(40) Their policies set out to reshape the welfare system.
(41) He set out on the long walk home.
(42) They limbered up and set out.
(43) He set out to square his dreams with reality.
(44) I set out across the country looking for adventure.
(45) He then set out for Virginia for what he vainly hoped would be a peaceful retirement.
(46) She set out with the aim of becoming the youngest ever winner of the championship.
(47) The rules are set out in detail in chapter seven.
(48) He has achieved what he set out to do three years ago.
(49) You haven't set out your ideas very clearly in this essay.
(50) The study set out to examine bias in television news coverage.
(51) It is set out in a legally binding protocol which forms part of the treaty.
(52) He set out to heal the rifts in the party.
(53) He set out the reasons for his decision in his report.
(54) Kate set out for the house on the other side of the bay.
(55) The terms of the guarantee will be set out in the customer agreement.
(56) They set out on the last stage of their journey.
(57) He set out to conquer the literary world of London.
(58) In the letter she carefully set out her reasons for leaving.
(59) The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.
(60) I've been looking at the cookery book. I like the way it is set out.