set-to
Example Sentences
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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
The three-issue set-to opened in Marvel Mystery Comics No. 8 and is an early example of the Marvel motto “to reflect the world outside your window.”
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022
Another weekend of Premier League action looms, bookended by tonight’s intriguing not-quite-a-derby rumble between Brighton and Crystal Palace, and Sunday’s that’s-more-like-it set-to between north London neighbours Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.
From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2022
What was most striking about this set-to was how much Warren seemed to be enjoying it.
From The New Yorker • May 17, 2016
I suppose every boy about the king’s village had a set-to with me.
From O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas by Stables, Gordon