What is the meaning of SET ABOUT. Phrases containing SET ABOUT
See meanings and uses of SET ABOUT!Slangs & AI meanings
n. A nasty girl. "Gina don't think about nothin' but how many boys she can jump. She ain't nothin' but a 'dip-set'."Â
Shut up; get lost; i.e. "Sit on it, Potsi
Get one's feet wet is slang for to do something for the first time.
Vrb phrs. See 'get one's act together'.
Set is slang for mark as prey for robbing or apprehending. Set is American slang for a gang.
, (set) n., A group of friends. “We’re going to let her hang out with our set this weekend.â€Â [Etym., African American]
The number of repetitions in a group (i.e., one set of 8 reps).
To chastise, beat, thrash. "When I got home he set about me with a strap."Â
without a doubt ‘I’m dead set mate, no joke’
Let us have sex
Set up is slang for an event the result of which is prearranged.
Get down is American slang for to let oneself go, begin something in earnest.
obstinate (he was dead-set on not doing it)
Give and get is London Cockney rhyming slang for bet.
To set value upon, to appreciate.
ten shillings (10/-), backslang, see gen net.
Horsey set is British slang for wealthy country−folk.
Get laid is slang for to have sex.
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n.
See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.
v. t.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
a.
Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
n.
A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
n.
A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.
v. t.
To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
v. t.
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
n.
That which is set, placed, or fixed.
v. t.
To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
n.
Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
v. t.
To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
v. i.
To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
v. t.
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
v. t.
To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
a.
Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
v. t.
To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
imp. & p. p.
of Set
a.
Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
v. i.
To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
a.
Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
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