set-back

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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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• 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./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• set-back — /set bak /, n. 1. Survey. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured. 2. setback (def. 4). [special use of SETBACK] * * * …   Universalium

• set back — verb a) To delay or obstruct. I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile. b) To remove from or allow distance. Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet …   Wiktionary

• set back — transitive verb Date: 1600 1. to slow the progress of ; hinder, delay 2. cost < a new suit will set you back $200 > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• set back on one's heels — or[knock back on one s heels] {v. phr.}, {informal} To give an unpleasant surprise; upset suddenly; stop or turn back (someone s) progress. * /Jack brags too much and it set him back on his heels when the coach told him he wasn t as good a player …   Dictionary of American idioms

• set back on one's heels — or[knock back on one s heels] {v. phr.}, {informal} To give an unpleasant surprise; upset suddenly; stop or turn back (someone s) progress. * /Jack brags too much and it set him back on his heels when the coach told him he wasn t as good a player …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Single set back — (also known as the Lone Setback or Ace formation or Oneback or Solo ) is an offensive base formation in American Football which requires only one running back lined up about five yards behind the quarterback. There are many variations on single… …   Wikipedia

• set — /set/, v., set, setting, n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table. 2. to place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet. 3. to place in some relation to something …   Universalium

• back — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, DROP BACK. EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FADE BACK, FALL BACK, FALL BACK ON, FLANKER BACK. FROM WAY BACK, GET BACK AT, GET ONE S BACK UP,… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• back — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, DROP BACK. EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE S HEAD, FADE BACK, FALL BACK, FALL BACK ON, FLANKER BACK. FROM WAY BACK, GET BACK AT, GET ONE S BACK UP,… …   Dictionary of American idioms