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[edit]Verb
[edit]set on (third-person singular simple present sets on, present participle setting on, simple past and past participle set on)
- To attack.
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.
- To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone.
- I will set the dogs on you, if you don't leave right now!
- To be determined to do or achieve something.
- I had my mind pretty well set on working for a small company.
- 2020 June 17, Coconuts Bangkok, “Chula still set on demolishing historic shrine – once it evicts caretakers”, in coconuts.co[1], coconuts.co, retrieved 2020-06-17:
- Chula[longkorn University is] still set on demolishing historic shrine – once it evicts caretakers
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to attack — see attack
to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone
to be determined to do or achieve something
References
[edit]- “set on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “set on”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.