set back
[verb]
Synonyms: hold up, delay, hinder, impede, retard, slow

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English Thesaurus: cost, price, value, charge, fee, ...

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

1. set somebody/something ↔ back to delay the progress or development of something, or delay someone from finishing something:
Environmental experts said the move would set back further research.
Illness had set me back a couple of weeks.

2. informal to cost someone a lot of money
set somebody back $50/£100 etc
This jacket set me back over £1,000.

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cost the amount of money you need to buy or do something. Cost is usually used when talking in a general way about whether something is expensive or cheap rather than when talking about exact prices:
The cost of running a car is increasing.
the cost of raw materials
price the amount of money you must pay for something that is for sale:
They sell good-quality clothes at reasonable prices.
the price of a plane ticket to New York
value the amount of money that something is worth:
A new kitchen can increase the value of your home.
charge the amount that you have to pay for a service or to use something:
Hotel guests may use the gym for a small charge.
bank charges
fee the amount you have to pay to enter a place or join a group, or for the services of a professional person such as a lawyer or a doctor:
There is no entrance fee.
The membership fee is £125 a year.
legal fees
fare the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, plane, train etc:
I didn’t even have enough money for my bus fare.
fare increases
rent the amount you have to pay to live in or use a place that you do not own:
The rent on his apartment is $800 a month.
rate a charge that is set according to a standard scale:
Most TV stations offer special rates to local advertisers.
toll the amount you have to pay to travel on some roads or bridges:
You have to pay tolls on many French motorways.
cost a lot
Their hair products are really good but they cost a lot.
not cost much
Second hand clothes don’t cost much.
cost something per minute/hour/year etc
Calls cost only 2p per minute.
cost something per person
There’s a one-day course that costs £80 per person.
cost something per head (=per person)
The meal will cost about £20 per head.
not cost (somebody) a penny (=cost nothing)
Using the Internet, you can make phone calls that don’t cost a penny.
cost a fortune/cost the earth (=have a very high price)
If you use a lawyer, it will cost you a fortune.
cost a bomb/a packet British English (=have a very high price)
He has a new sports car that must have cost a bomb.
cost an arm and a leg (=have a price that is much too high)
A skiing holiday needn’t cost you an arm and a leg.
be especially spoken to cost a particular amount of money:
These shoes were only £5.
be priced at something to have a particular price – used when giving the exact price that a shop or company charges for something:
Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
retail at something to be sold in shops at a particular price – used especially in business:
The scissors retail at £1.99 in department stores.
sell/go for something used for saying what people usually pay for something:
Houses in this area sell for around £200,000.
fetch used for saying what people pay for something, especially at a public sale:
The painting fetched over $8,000 at auction.
A sports car built for Mussolini is expected to fetch nearly £1 million at auction.
set somebody back something informal to cost someone a lot of money:
A good set of speakers will set you back around £150.
come to if a bill comes to a particular amount, it adds up to that amount:
The bill came to £100 between four of us.

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cost to have a particular price:
The book costs $25.
A new kitchen will cost you a lot of money.
It’s a nice dress and it didn’t cost much.
be especially spoken to cost a particular amount of money:
These shoes were only £5.
be priced at something to have a particular price – used when giving the exact price that a shop or company charges for something:
Tickets are priced at $20 for adults and $10 for kids.
retail at something to be sold in shops at a particular price – used especially in business:
The scissors retail at £1.99 in department stores.
sell/go for something used for saying what people usually pay for something:
Houses in this area sell for around £200,000.
fetch used for saying what people pay for something, especially at a public sale:
The painting fetched over $8,000 at auction.
A sports car built for Mussolini is expected to fetch nearly £1 million at auction.
set somebody back something informal to cost someone a lot of money:
A good set of speakers will set you back around £150.
come to if a bill comes to a particular amount, it adds up to that amount:
The bill came to £100 between four of us.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

set back
set (someone/something) back
to delay or stop the progress of someone or something.
Then I needed a second operation, which really set me back.

New violence has set back the peace process.

set (you) back (something)
to cost you an amount of money.
A marriage license will only set you back $30.

The gas-powered generator would set him back at least $5 million.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

set back something
set (you) back (something)
to cost you an amount of money.
A marriage license will only set you back $30.

The gas-powered generator would set him back at least $5 million.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

set something back
set (someone/something) back
to delay or stop the progress of someone or something.
Then I needed a second operation, which really set me back.

New violence has set back the peace process.

set (you) back (something)
to cost you an amount of money.
A marriage license will only set you back $30.

The gas-powered generator would set him back at least $5 million.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

set back
1. • set (someone) back
to cost a certain amount of money
My friend asked me how much my new coat had set me back.

"How much did your new suit set you back?"

2. • set back (someone or something)
to cause someone or something to get behind schedule, to slow down someone or something
The flood set back the efforts of the farmers to plant their crops.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

set back something
• set back (someone or something)
to cause someone or something to get behind schedule, to slow down someone or something
The flood set back the efforts of the farmers to plant their crops.

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set back
v.
1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check.
The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks.
2. informal To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost.
His new car set him back over $3000.

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