What is the meaning of SET BY-OR-SET-MUCH-BY. Phrases containing SET BY-OR-SET-MUCH-BY
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, (set) n., A group of friends. “We’re going to let her hang out with our set this weekend.â€Â [Etym., African American]
obstinate (he was dead-set on not doing it)
Get laid is slang for to have sex.
Set up is slang for an event the result of which is prearranged.
Vrb phrs. See 'get one's act together'.
 To regard, to esteem. "He behaved himself more wisely than all, so that his name was much set by.â€
ten shillings (10/-), backslang, see gen net.
Horsey set is British slang for wealthy country−folk.
The number of repetitions in a group (i.e., one set of 8 reps).
without a doubt ‘I’m dead set mate, no joke’
To set value upon, to appreciate.
Set is slang for mark as prey for robbing or apprehending. Set is American slang for a gang.
Get one's feet wet is slang for to do something for the first time.
The direction, and the amount, that a tide will "set" the ship in the act of navigating a narrow channel or passage.
Let us have sex
One way or other, by any expedient. "It can't be done by hook or crook.â€
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a.
Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
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).
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.
That which is set, placed, or fixed.
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 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.
v. t.
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
a.
Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
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.
n.
See Set, n., 2 (e) and 3.
n.
A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
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 make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
a.
Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
n.
A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.
v. i.
To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
v. t.
To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
a.
Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
imp. & p. p.
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