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sets aboutphrasepresent tense third-person singular of set about to take the first step in (a process or course of action)He set about making dinner while his husband ran out for wine. begins, commences, embarks (on or upon), enters (into or upon), falls (to), gets off, kicks off, launches, leads off, opens, starts, strikes (into) creates, generates, inaugurates, initiates, innovates, invents, originatesadopts, embraces, takes on, takes upestablishes, fathers, founds, institutes, organizes, pioneers, sets up, spawnsgets around (to), gets down (to), gets round (to) gets going, gets to concludes, ends, finishes, terminates ceases, desists, discontinues, halts, knocks off, lays off, quits, stopscloses, completesabandons, forsakes, leavesabolishes, demolishes, destroys, exterminates, extinguishes, phases out |