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What does "set to" mean?
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Apply oneself, begin, work energetically, as in We set to revamping our policy on child care, or She set to studying for the bar exam. [Early 1400s]
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Begin fighting, as in Both of them were furious, and they set to immediately. [First half of 1700s]
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