Antonyms for set backset back

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1. set-back, setoff, offsetverb

   structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

   Synonyms:
   outset, runner, counterbalance, first, stolon, showtime, setoff, starting time, offshoot, set-back, start, offset printing, get-go, kickoff, outgrowth, commencement, offset, branch, beginning

2. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put offverb

   hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

   Synonyms:
   put back, put over, elude, circumvent, turn off, confuse, sidestep, dishearten, remand, give in, remit, parry, dodge, bow, send back, tabulate, accede, flurry, prorogue, hedge, put off, evade, defer, tabularise, table, tabularize, carry over, postpone, duck, slacken, shelve, hold over, disconcert, knock back, get across, fudge, submit, skirt

3. set backverb

   slow down the progress of; hinder

   "His late start set him back"

   Synonyms:
   table, shelve, put over, postpone, remit, put off, hold over, knock back, prorogue, put back, defer

4. set back, knock back, put backverb

   cost a certain amount

   "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

   Synonyms:
   table, shelve, put over, postpone, remit, put off, hold over, knock back, replace, prorogue, put back, defer

How to use set back in a sentence?

1. Michael Walker:

   They deserve a house, they deserve to not worry about where we going to be staying month after month and week after week, we have plans and something always seems to come up. Something always happens and we always set back.

2. The IMF:

   The war will severely set back the global recovery, slowing growth and increasing inflation even further.

3. Robert Einhorn:

   This probably was the best choice he could make - much better than having a meeting that would deepen the divisions, lead to angry recriminations and set back any prospect for getting back on track. encyclopedia.

4. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

   We have the capability to shut down, set back and destroy the Iranian nuclear program and I believe the Iranians know that and understand that.

5. Attila Vago:

   It is hard to determine at this stage to what extent the new restrictions set back sales of the medicine, but the product has not vanished from the market.

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