Sekirov Dictionary

set to

verb 2
set-to noun 1
forms 3

verb2

•
To begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.
- Having laid out the picnic, the hungry boys set to with gusto.
•
(no longer used) To fight.
- I set to with the rude man.

set-to noun1

•
(informal) A fight.
- […] we two had never had a serious quarrel, though I had had many a set-to with other lads, and had twice over given Bob Chowne black eyes. — 1887

forms

setting to · sets to · set-tos

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