set out

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action“We began working at dawn”“Who will start?”“Get working as soon as the sun rises!”“The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia”“He began early in the day”“Let's get down to work now”Synonyms: get downbegingetstart outstartset aboutset outcommence
  2. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line“lay out the clothes”“lay out the arguments”Synonyms: rangearraylay outset out
  3. leave“The family took off for Florida”Synonyms: departpartstartstart outset forthset offset outtake off
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