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Set back

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Verb
  1. 1
    To delay or obstruct. transitive

    "I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile."

  2. 2
    slow down the progress of; hinder wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove from or allow distance. transitive

    "Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet."

  4. 4
    hold back to a later time wordnet
  5. 5
    To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess. transitive

    "The statue was set back in a niche."

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  1. 6
    cost a certain amount wordnet
  2. 7
    To cost money. idiomatic, transitive

    "How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?"

  3. 8
    To reverse, go backwards.

    "Before the platforms were extended up to the actual junction, branch trains had to set back into a bay."

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