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词组 set about
释义 set about
  1. set about sth not passive to start doing something, especially something that needs a lot of time and effort
   set about doing sth
    They settled in the United States after the war and quietly set about rebuilding their lives, putting the past behind them.
   set about sth
    Once the house was built, he set about the task of decorating the interior.
    SIMILAR TO: ↑start
  2. set about sth not passive especially BrE to start dealing with something in a particular way
   set about doing sth
    It's a really good idea, but it's difficult to know how to set about doing it.
   set about sth
    How do you set about it? Do you sit down with a blank sheet of paper and think "I'm going to write a poem about spring?"
    SIMILAR TO: ↑go about
  3. set about sb especially literary to attack someone by hitting or kicking them:
    Two men leaped out of the shadows and set about him with baseball bats.
    SIMILAR TO: attack, ↑lay into informal
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