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Definitions

1. 1

   To begin something with determination

   To begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.

   • Having laid out the picnic, the hungry boys set to with gusto.
   • VVhen thou ſetſt to the vvork, look up tovvard Heaven, let thine eie lead thee as neer as it can; remember that there is thine Everlaſting Reſt; […]
   • Hungrily, by firelight, we set to with damper and cold goat washed down by hot tea.
2. 2

   To fight.

   • I set to with the rude man.

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