set task

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Use a timer to set task deadline alarms.

From Inc • Mar. 8, 2013

He dipped his face and hands in cooling water and, at the table, with squared elbows, addressed himself to a set task.

From The Happy End by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Its maker was no youthful pupil, stumbling at his set task.

From One Woman's Life by Herrick, Robert

But--but--she must not be asked yet to give herself to any great mission--any set task of charity or philanthropy.

From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

At this set task in letter-writing, the cow-puncher had greatly excelled the schoolmarm!

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen