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set out

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing. 2 To go out, leave. 3 To start an activity with the intention of finishing it. 4 To position, to put in a position

WordNet
set out
  1. v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, commence] [ant: end]

  2. lay out in a line [syn: range, array, lay out]

  3. leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, take off]

Usage examples of "set out".

Reassuring her without explanations, he set out at once for Arkham and notified the authorities that the Gardner family was no more.

It is for this latter reason that I urge, with all the force of my being, final abandonment of all the attempts at unearthing those fragments of unknown, primordial masonry which my expedition set out to investigate.

For a few seconds he slumped back in the seat reflecting on the troubled path he had set out on.

He was ashamed of himself for still wanting her, even after knowing that shed set out from the start to manipulate him.

But each time he'd set out to apply for a new duty station he'd let someone talk him out of it, appealing to pride or duty or vanity to persuade him to put in a little more time as an instructor.

Apparently the leprechaun had set out with this destination in mind, for Mickey moved right up to the tree and plopped down on a mossy patch, pulling out a packet of weed for his pipe.

I had a drink and rested for a moment on one of the benches, then got on the bike and set out again.

Yet the five disks set out on its surface appeared to glow-perhaps the heat of the mischief they could cause .

They set out into the wet wheat, and Corbell began the tale of how the Girls had lost a moon.

They set out into the wet wheat, and Corbel began the tale of how the Girls had lost a moon.

He dug awkwardly into the little bowl of Cheerios she set out for him.