- set about
- фраз. гл. распространять (слухи, сплетни)
Someone is always setting stories about that the Prince is to be married. — Кто-то постоянно распускает слухи о том, что принц вот-вот женится.
Англо-русский современный словарь. 2014.
set about
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set about — index assume (undertake), endeavor, occupy (engage), undertake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
set about — {v.} To begin; start. * /Benjamin Franklin set about teaming the printer s trade at an early age./ * /After breakfast, Mother set about her household duties./ … Dictionary of American idioms
set about — {v.} To begin; start. * /Benjamin Franklin set about teaming the printer s trade at an early age./ * /After breakfast, Mother set about her household duties./ … Dictionary of American idioms
set about — verb a) To initiate or begin some action. He set about designing his homepage. b) To attack. Two youths set about him … Wiktionary
set about — phr verb Set about is used with these nouns as the object: ↑work … Collocations dictionary
set about sth — UK US set about sth Phrasal Verb with set({{}}/set/ verb (setting, set, set) ► to start to do or deal with something: »He took some bookkeeping courses and set about finding a job … Financial and business terms
set about — Synonyms and related words: accept, assume, attack, attempt, begin, blast away, blast off, buckle to, commence, dive in, dive into, embark in, embark upon, endeavor, engage in, enter on, enter upon, fall into, fall to, get busy, get cracking, get … Moby Thesaurus
To set about — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To set about — About A*bout , adv. 1. On all sides; around. [1913 Webster] Tis time to look about. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. [1913 Webster] 3. Here… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
set about — phrasal to begin to do … New Collegiate Dictionary
set — /set/, v., set, setting, n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table. 2. to place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet. 3. to place in some relation to something … Universalium
