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set off for

VERB

repair

Synonyms

STRONGEST

remove

STRONG

apply fare go hie journey move pass proceed process recur refer resort run travel turn wend withdraw

WEAK

betake oneself head for push on

Antonyms

STRONG

cease halt remain stay stop wait

WEAK

break damage destroy hurt injure maintain ruin spoil wreck

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One summer, while his team-mates set off for Dubai or the Maldives, Whiteman appeared in a play in Holborn - an experimental art piece where he played a "really cheesy, over-the-top boyfriend".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

In July 1987, Gil, then 26 years old, donned a T-shirt with the phrase “Justice is a constant struggle” and set off for the clink in Kansas.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

He put to memory the workings of the Arkwright apparatus and, after his apprenticeship ended, set off for America.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Years before the U.S. military set off for battlegrounds in Cuba and the Philippines, rebels in both places had begun to fight for independence from the decrepit Spanish empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

I set off for the stream, King George fluttering behind me.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

set off for

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