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setting to
verb as in argue
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verb as in attack
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verb as in pitch in
verb as in quarrel
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verb as in quibble
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verb as in take up
verb as in wade
verb as in buckle down
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- address
- apply oneself
- attend to
- bend
- concentrate on
- dedicate oneself to
- devote oneself to
- exert oneself
- get serious
- give
- give oneself over to
- keep close to
- keep one's mind on
- knuckle down
- launch into
- occupy oneself with
- pitch in
- plunge into
- put one's hand to the plow
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- set to
- swing into action
- take the bull by the horns
- throw
- turn
verb as in pettifog
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verb as in contend
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verb as in contest
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verb as in debate
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verb as in disagree
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verb as in embark on
verb as in enter
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Example Sentences
I can figure you with your Herodotus before you, your Scapula on one side, and your maps on the other, setting-to in good earnest.
At this time the horses setting-to fighting, M. Schlagentweit directed Murad to go and quiet them.
But, like the sun which is setting to-night, he will rise again to-morrow!
Then, setting-to with an expression that might have indicated the woes of a lifetime, he made a hearty breakfast.
It is used, with the wrain-staff in the ring, for setting-to the planks.
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On this page you'll find 657 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to setting to, such as: contend, disagree, dispute, quarrel, quibble, and squabble.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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