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set back — set (someone/something) back to delay or stop the progress of someone or something. Then I needed a second operation, which really set me back. New violence has set back the peace process … New idioms dictionary
set back — ► set back informal cost (someone) a particular amount of money. Main Entry: ↑set … English terms dictionary
set back — index check (restrain), constrict (inhibit), delay, hinder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
set back — [v] delay, hinder bog down*, decelerate, defeat, detain, embog, hang up*, hold up, impede, mire, retard, reverse, slow, slow down, slow up; concept 130 Ant. advance, forward … New thesaurus
set back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms set back : present tense I/you/we/they set back he/she/it sets back present participle setting back past tense set back past participle set back 1) to delay the progress of someone or something The spending… … English dictionary
set back — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something sets you back or sets back a project or scheme, it causes a delay. [V n P] It has set us back in so many respects that I m not sure how long it will take for us to catch up... [V P n (not pron)] There will be a risk… … English dictionary
set back — {v.} 1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check. * /The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks./ 2. {informal} To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost. * /His new car set him back over $3000./ … Dictionary of American idioms
set back — {v.} 1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check. * /The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks./ 2. {informal} To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost. * /His new car set him back over $3000./ … Dictionary of American idioms
set\ back — v 1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check. The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks. 2. informal To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost. His new car set him back over $3000 … Словарь американских идиом
set back — 1) cause to put off or get behind schedule, slow up We were set back over a month when the floods destroyed the road to our farm. 2) (smb) cost How much did your new suit set you back? … Idioms and examples
set back — the rains have set back the work on the bridge Syn: delay, hold up, hold back, slow down/up, retard, check, decelerate; hinder, impede, hobble, obstruct, hamper, inhibit, frustrate, thwart … Thesaurus of popular words
