set back
- verb1. hold back to a later time (Freq. 1)-
let's postpone the exam
• Syn:• Derivationally related forms:↑putoff (for: ↑put off), ↑deferment (for: ↑defer), ↑deferral (for: ↑defer), ↑shelver (for: ↑shelve), ↑prorogation (for: ↑prorogue), ↑postponement (for: ↑postpone), ↑postponer (for: ↑postpone)• Hypernyms: ↑delay• Entailment: ↑cancel, ↑call off, ↑scratch, ↑scrub, ↑reschedule• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s something PP
2. slow down the progress of; hinder (Freq. 1)-His late start set him back
• Derivationally related forms: ↑setback• Verb Frames:-Something ——s somebody
3. cost a certain amount-My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000
• Syn: ↑knock back, ↑put back• Verb Frames:-Something ——s somebody
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set back [phrasal verb]1 set (something or someone) back or set back (something or someone) : to make the progress of (something or someone) slower or more difficult : to cause (something or someone) to go back to an earlier or worse conditionA recent lack of funding has set back research on the disease.
setting back progress
• • •Main Entry: ↑set
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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set back — set (someone/something) back to delay or stop the progress of someone or something. Then I needed a second operation, which really set me back. New violence has set back the peace process … New idioms dictionary
set back — ► set back informal cost (someone) a particular amount of money. Main Entry: ↑set … English terms dictionary
set|back — «SEHT BAK», noun. 1. a check to progress; reverse: »a temporary setback in one s fortunes, an unexpected setback in a patient s recovery. SYNONYM(S): relapse, retardation. 2. a steplike setting back of the outside wall of a tall building to give… … Useful english dictionary
set back — index check (restrain), constrict (inhibit), delay, hinder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
set back — [v] delay, hinder bog down*, decelerate, defeat, detain, embog, hang up*, hold up, impede, mire, retard, reverse, slow, slow down, slow up; concept 130 Ant. advance, forward … New thesaurus
set back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms set back : present tense I/you/we/they set back he/she/it sets back present participle setting back past tense set back past participle set back 1) to delay the progress of someone or something The spending… … English dictionary
set back — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something sets you back or sets back a project or scheme, it causes a delay. [V n P] It has set us back in so many respects that I m not sure how long it will take for us to catch up... [V P n (not pron)] There will be a risk… … English dictionary
set back — {v.} 1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check. * /The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks./ 2. {informal} To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost. * /His new car set him back over $3000./ … Dictionary of American idioms
set back — {v.} 1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check. * /The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks./ 2. {informal} To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost. * /His new car set him back over $3000./ … Dictionary of American idioms
set\ back — v 1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check. The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks. 2. informal To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost. His new car set him back over $3000 … Словарь американских идиом
