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set-to

[set-too] / ˈsɛtˌtu /


























NOUN
brouhaha
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Itching for a robust little set-to, they rode around waving the California Republic’s Bear Flag — which by then was a states’ rights symbol.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024

What was most striking about this set-to was how much Warren seemed to be enjoying it.

From The New Yorker • May 17, 2016

Back in the United States, Nixon, poised to run for the presidency, gained stature as a tough anti-Communist in his set-to with Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2016

Originally scheduled for July 2015, the superhero set-to will now appear on 6 May, 2016.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2014

While Harvard and Cornell were getting into position for their tug, he went out again to the floor for his second set-to with Grant.

From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Standish, Burt L.




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