Synonyms for set back
set 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

Matched Categories

1. • Cost
   • Delay
   • Impede

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1. James Clapper:

   There's no question this is going to set back and make more difficult cooperation with the Turks.

2. Inia Seruiratu:

   We live in constant fear that a direct hit from intensifying cyclones could wipe out our economy altogether and set back our development by decades.

3. Bob Barnes:

   There was no reason to go any further, just wait until the morning and set back out again.

4. Tang Jianwei:

   If there is a set-back in trade talks, both external demand and domestic demand could be hit. If the U.S. and China reach a trade deal, China will have to step up imports form the U.S., which will reduce its trade surplus, which will reduce net exports' contribution to GDP growth.

5. Lawrence Gostin:

   It spurred public violence, there was... distrust of public health authorities, people didn't come in for treatment and it was thought that it actually set back the outbreak response considerably.