set about something/somebody phrasal verb (see also set)

1. to start doing or dealing with something, especially something that needs a lot of time and effort:
A team of volunteers set about the task with determination.
set about doing something
How do senior managers set about making these decisions?

2. literary to attack someone by hitting and kicking them:
They set about him with their fists.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

set about
set about (something/doing something)
to begin to do or deal with something.
Beall has set about the delicate task of getting the companies to work together.

After putting up the tent, she set about making a fire.

I bought a computer, got a book of instructions, and set about to learn how to use it.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

set about something
set about (something/doing something)
to begin to do or deal with something.
Beall has set about the delicate task of getting the companies to work together.

After putting up the tent, she set about making a fire.

I bought a computer, got a book of instructions, and set about to learn how to use it.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms 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.

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