set back

verb5

1. •
   To remove from or allow distance.

   • Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.
2. •
   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.
   • Having the mindset that you "can't" reach your goals is only going to set you back.
3. •
   To cost money.

   • How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?
4. •
   To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.

   • The statue was set back in a niche.
5. •
   To reverse, go backwards.

   • Before the platforms were extended up to the actual junction, branch trains had to set back into a bay. — 1939