set task
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Use a timer to set task deadline alarms.
From Inc • Mar. 8, 2013
Its maker was no youthful pupil, stumbling at his set task.
From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert
He to be confined to the house every morning like a schoolboy, with a set task to do.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
He had always lived in easy circumstances, doing as he liked, enjoying society, and amusing himself, and it was hard for him to devote his attention strictly to any set task.
From Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans by Cody, Sherwin
At one stage it may mean the satisfaction of accomplishing a set task, whether selected by himself or imposed by some one else.
From Your Child: Today and Tomorrow by Gruenberg, Sidonie Matzner
