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  • 1set down — I verb book, calender, chronicle, commit to writing, docket, enter, jot down, line up, list, note, place, plan, post, program, put on record, record, register, schedule, slate associated concepts: set down for trial II index alight, avow,… …

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  • 2set down — (something) to write or print something. He set down his memories of his trip to Italy as a child. When you get a chance, set your ideas down on paper. Related vocabulary: lay down something …

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  • 3set down — ► set down record in writing or as an authoritative rule or principle. Main Entry: ↑set …

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  • 4set-down — setˈ down noun 1. A rebuff or snub 2. A scolding • • • Main Entry: ↑set …

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  • 5set|down — «SEHT DOWN», noun. a humiliating rebuke or rebuff: »I wish you had been there…to have given him one of your setdowns (Jane Austen) …

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  • 6set down to — index attribute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7set down — verb 1. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑write down, ↑get down, ↑put down • Hypernyms: ↑write • Hyponyms: ↑transcri …

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  • 8set down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms set down : present tense I/you/we/they set down he/she/it sets down present participle setting down past tense set down past participle set down 1) to write something on a piece of paper so that it will not be …

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  • 9set down — {v.} 1. To write; record. * /He set down all his important thoughts in his dairy./ * /At the beginning of his letter Dan set down the date./ Syn.: PUT DOWN. 2. To stop a bus or other vehicle and let (someone) get off. * /The bus driver set her… …

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  • 10set down — {v.} 1. To write; record. * /He set down all his important thoughts in his dairy./ * /At the beginning of his letter Dan set down the date./ Syn.: PUT DOWN. 2. To stop a bus or other vehicle and let (someone) get off. * /The bus driver set her… …

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