set a spell

Definitions

1. 1

   To sit down for a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order…

   To sit down for a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order to relax or to engage in casual conversation.

   • [S]he declined his invitation to "Come up and see the old woman and set a spell."
   • "You might as well set down," remarked Miss Hitty, with a new gentleness of manner. "I'm going to set a spell."
   • Hank's Hardware is one of those quintessentially American places. . . . Hank's is a place where people can set a spell, but it is also a business, competing in the ever-tightening hardware marketplace.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see set, a, spell.

   • “Did the witch set a spell on you, too, Bodvar?”

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