set back
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set back
verb sets back · setting back · set back
- To delay or obstruct. I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile.
- To remove from or allow distance. Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.
- To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess. The statue was set back in a niche.
- To cost money. How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?
- To reverse, go backwards. Before the platforms were extended up to the actual junction, branch trains had to set back into a bay.
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verb delay
| Español | retrotraer |
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| Français | retarder |
| Русский | задерживать zaderživatʹ |
verb remove from
| Русский | отставлять otstavljatʹ |
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Talk about this word "set back." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/set%20back. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. set back. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/set%20back "set back." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/set%20back.
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@misc{set_back_2026,
title = {set back},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/set%20back},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
