Off-set
81set somebody off (doing something) — ˌset sb ˈoff (doing sth) derived to make sb start doing sth such as laughing, crying or talking Main entry: ↑setderived …
82off|stage — off stage or off|stage «AWF STAYJ, OF », adjective, adverb. 1. away from the part of the stage that the audience can see; behind the scenes: »He is about to start taking lessons so that the set of his lips and finger movements will correspond to… …
83Set chisel — (Mech.) A kind of chisel or punch, variously shaped, with a broad flat end, used for stripping off rivet heads, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
84Off-book — is a theater/acting term meaning that the actor no longer needs the script to rehearse a play; the material is either memorized or improvised. Conversely, on book means the actor still requires the script in order to rehearse the play. During the …
85set somebody down — ˌset sbˈdown derived (BrE) (of a bus or train, or its driver) to stop and allow sb to get off • Passengers may be set down and picked up only at the official stops. Main entry: ↑setderived …
86set going — index create, dispatch (send off), establish (launch), impel, initiate, launch (initiate) …
87set off against — set up this in contrast to that …
88set off — /ˌset ɒf/ verb to use a debt owed by one party to reduce a debt owed to them …
89set spurs to — 1. To apply the spur to (a horse) and ride off quickly 2. To urge on 3. To hasten the progress of • • • Main Entry: ↑spur …
90set — 1 /set/ verb past tense and past participle set PUT DOWN 1 PUT (transitive always + adv/prep) to carefully put something down somewhere, especially something that is difficult to carry: set sth down/on etc: She set the tray down on a table next… …
