What is the meaning of SET ABOUT. Phrases containing SET ABOUT
See meanings and uses of SET ABOUT!Slangs & AI meanings
Shut up; get lost; i.e. "Sit on it, Potsi
without a doubt ‘I’m dead set mate, no joke’
Let us have sex
To chastise, beat, thrash. "When I got home he set about me with a strap."Â
, (set) n., A group of friends. “We’re going to let her hang out with our set this weekend.â€Â [Etym., African American]
Get one's feet wet is slang for to do something for the first time.
Vrb phrs. See 'get one's act together'.
The number of repetitions in a group (i.e., one set of 8 reps).
obstinate (he was dead-set on not doing it)
Set up is slang for an event the result of which is prearranged.
Give and get is London Cockney rhyming slang for bet.
Set is slang for mark as prey for robbing or apprehending. Set is American slang for a gang.
Get laid is slang for to have sex.
To set value upon, to appreciate.
Get down is American slang for to let oneself go, begin something in earnest.
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
ten shillings (10/-), backslang, see gen net.
Horsey set is British slang for wealthy country−folk.
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a.
Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
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 establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
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.
A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
a.
Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
imp. & p. p.
of Set
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.
n.
That which is set, placed, or fixed.
v. t.
To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
a.
Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
a.
Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
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. i.
To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
v. t.
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
n.
Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
v. t.
To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
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.
n.
See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.
v. t.
To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
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