set back

Definition of Set Back in English :

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Verb

1. defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table

hold back to a later time

Example Sentences:
'let's postpone the exam'

2. set back

slow down the progress of; hinder

Example Sentences:
'His late start set him back'

3. knock back, put back, set back

cost a certain amount

Example Sentences:
'My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Set Back

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verb (tr, adverb)

1.

to hinder; impede

2. informal

to cost (a person) a specified amount

noun setback

3.

anything that serves to hinder or impede

4.

a reversal of recovery, as from illness, etc

She was recovering well, but then she had a setback.

5.

a recession in the upper part of a high building, esp one that increases the daylight at lower levels

6. Also called: offset, setoff

a steplike shelf where a wall is reduced in thickness

Set Back

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1.

to put (a clock or its hands) to an earlier time, esp. to standard time

2.

to reverse or hinder the progress of

3. US, Slang

to cost (a person) a specified sum of money

Set Back

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n.
Football

An offensive back who lines up behind the quarterback.

n.

1. An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse.

2.

a. A steplike recession in a wall. Also called setoff.

b. Any of a series of such recessions in the rise of a tall building.

3. An automatically timed setting of a thermostat to a lower temperature, as in the home at night.

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