Synonyms for set about
set about

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1. set about

   Synonyms:
   begin, commence, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set going, set in operation, set on foot, start

   Antonyms:
   abstain, bring to an end, cease, come to an end, conclude, desist, discontinue, end, end, finish, give over, intermit, leave off, pause, quit, refrain, stop, terminate

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1. set about, go about, approachverb

   begin to deal with

   "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"

   Synonyms:
   attempt, get down, come on, start out, commence, undertake, border on, go up, approach, go about, draw near, come near, get, begin, set out, near, start, draw close

2. undertake, set about, attemptverb

   enter upon an activity or enterprise

   Synonyms:
   attempt, take in charge, begin, get down, essay, seek, take on, commence, undertake, try, start, approach, tackle, get, assay, go about, contract, set out, guarantee, start out

3. get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commenceverb

   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:
   bug out, take, pop, make, mystify, experience, develop, put down, draw, array, have, become, sustain, protrude, jump, initiate, receive, scram, take off, bulge, go, stimulate, sire, lead off, bulge out, drive, engender, startle, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, beat, swallow, get down, father, go about, incur, contract, dispirit, bring forth, grow, get going, come out, dumbfound, stupefy, start, depress, light, cast down, originate, take up, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, range, buzz off, catch, write down, bugger off, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, deject, generate, capture, find, amaze, get off, baffle, produce, approach, pop out, attempt, start out, pose, vex, embark on, aim, let, set forth, perplex, arrest, gravel, begin, let down, fetch, depart, set down, commence, part, dismount, arrive, set out, convey, set off, acquire, come, lower, bring down, dismay, pay off, undertake, unhorse, demoralise, cause, lay out, start up, demoralize, take down, nonplus

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1. • Act
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1. set about

   Synonyms:
   begin, commence, take in hand, apply one's self to

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1. Sir Walter Scott:

   To be always intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about it - this is as if a man should put off eating and drinking from one day to another till he be starved and destroyed.

2. Reuters Emily:

   I didn’t grow up with TV, so I didn’t even know what the show was when I auditioned, i only did two episodes, so I was just on set about two weeks.

3. Ursula Miodowski:

   The Japanese decided to destroy Manila. They were going to give them a dead city, they set about doing that, they burned, they killed.

4. Ausonius:

   Set about whatever you intend to do; the beginning is half the battle.

5. Richard Buckminster Fuller:

   By and large, I seem to have made more mistakes than any others of whom I know, but have learned thereby to make ever swifter acknowledgment of the errors and thereafter immediately set about to deal more effectively with the truths disclosed by the acknowledgment of erroneous assumptions.