set

all set

Prepared, ready, or primed to begin or complete a task at hand. Once I iron my shirt, I'll be all set for the date tonight.

set

slang In community card poker, a hand containing two cards that have the same face value as one of the cards on the board following the flop. I had been bluffing when I raised my bet with just a pair of aces, but luckily the flop revealed an ace that gave me a set.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*(all) set

(to do something) prepared or ready to do something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Are you set to cook the steaks? Yes, the fire is ready, and I'm all set to start.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

set

1. n. a period of time that a band plays without a break; a thirty-minute jam session. We do two sets and then take a twenty-minute break.

2. n. a party. Your set was a totally major bash!

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

put a good/bold face on something, to

To make the best of things. This term has been around since the fourteenth century, and the practice itself, of pretending things are better than they are, is no doubt much older. “Set a good face on a bad matter,” wrote Humphrey Gifford (A Posie of Gilloflowers, 1580).

See also: bold, face, good, on, put

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See:

(one's) heart is set against (something)
(one's) heart is set on (something)
(one's) sun has set
(one's) tongue is hanging out
a crystal set
a set price
all set
all set to go
at a set time
be (all) set (to do something)
be (dead) set on (something)
be carved/set in stone
be dead set against (someone or something)
be dead set against something
be dead set on (something)
be dead set on something
be set aback
be set against (something)
be set against something/against doing something
be set fair
be set in (one's) ways
be set in cement
be set in concrete
be set in your ways
be set on something/on doing something
be set to rights
be, look, etc. set
cart before the horse, don't put/set the
clap eyes on (someone or something)
clap/lay/set eyes on somebody/something
come in and set a spell
Come in and sit a spell
crystal set
dead set against
dead set against (someone or something)
don't put the cart before the horse
game, set, (and) match
get (all) set
get (one's) ears set out
get ears set out
get set
get someone's back up
get the ball rolling
get/keep/set/start the ball rolling
go about your work
go to work
go/set about your work
go/set to work
have (one's) heart (dead) set against (something)
have (one's) heart set on (something)
have a set-to
have a set-to (with someone or something)
have heart set against
have heart set on
jet set
jet-set
jet-setters
lay (one's) eyes on (something)
lay at rest
lay eyes on
look (all) set (to do something)
make a dead set at
make a dead set at (someone or something)
make a dead set upon (someone or something)
never set foot in (some place)
not set foot in (some place)
not set foot somewhere
not set the Thames on fire
not set the woods on fire
not set the world on fire
not/never put/set a foot wrong
not/never set the world on fire
on a pedestal, put
on track
on your mark(s), get set, go
on your mark, get set, go
on your marks, get set, go!
one's heart is set against
one's heart is set on
put (one) at (one's) ease
put (one) right
put (one) to work
put (one's) (own) house in order
put (one's) mind at ease
put (one's) mind to (something)
put (something) in motion
put (something) to rights
put a good/bold face on something, to
put aside
put down in black and white
put down to
put forth
put mind to
put one's mind to
put store by (something or someone)
put straight
put the cat among the pigeons
put/set somebody at ease
put/set somebody right
put/set somebody straight
put/set somebody to work
put/set somebody's mind at ease/rest
put/set something in motion
put/set something to rights
put/set store by something
put/set the cat among the pigeons
put/set the record straight
put/set your house in order
put/set/place somebody on a pedestal
put/set/turn your mind to something
ready, set, go
roll a set
roll a set of (finger)prints
roll a set of prints
set
set (one) aback
set (one) against (someone or something)
set (one) at (one's) ease
set (one) back on (one's) feet
set (one) back on (one's) heels
set (one) down as (something)
set (one) on (one's) feet (again)
set (one) straight
set (one) up for life
set (one) up with (someone or something)
set (one) wise
set (one's) (own) house in order
set (one's) back up
set (one's) cap at (someone)
set (one's) cap for (someone)
set (one's) face against (something)
set (one's) hand to
set (one's) heart against (something)
set (one's) heart at rest
set (one's) heart on (something)
set (one's) hopes on (someone or something)
set (one's) mind at ease
set (one's) mind at rest
set (one's) mind on (something)
set (one's) mind to (something)
set (one's) mind to rest
set (one's) seal to (something)
set (one's) shoulder to the wheel
set (one's) sights high
set (one's) sights low
set (one's) sights on (someone or something)
set (one's) teeth
set (one's) teeth on edge
set (oneself) up for a letdown
set (someone or oneself) up for (something)
set (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal
set (someone or something) (up)on (one)
set (someone or something) above (someone or something)
set (someone or something) back
set (someone or something) back from (someone or something else)
set (someone or something) before (someone or something)
set (someone or something) down on(to) (something)
set (someone or something) loose
set (someone or something) off
set (someone or something) to work
set (someone or something) to work (on something)
set (someone or something) up
set (someone) by the ears
set (someone, something, or oneself) apart (from someone or something)
set (someone, something, or oneself) up against (someone or something)
set (someone, something, or oneself) up as (someone or something)
set (someone's) pulse racing
set (something) against (something)
set (something) apart (for something)
set (something) at rest
set (something) down in black and white
set (something) down in writing
set (something) down to (something)
set (something) for (something)
set (something) in cement
set (something) in concrete
set (something) in motion
set (something) on fire
set (something) out
set (something) over (something)
set (something) right
set (something) straight
set (something) to music
set (something) to rights
set (up)on (doing something)
set (up)on (someone or something)
Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil
Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil.
set a great deal by (someone or something)
set a high/low bar
set a precedent
set a spell
set a thief to catch a thief
set a trap
set a trap (for someone or something)
set a/the/(one's) price (for something)
set about
set about (doing something)
set about (one)
set about doing
set about your work
set above
set adrift
set afire
set after (someone or something)
set against
set alarm bells ringing
set an example
set apart
set apart from
set aside
set aside (one's) differences
set at
set at naught
set at odds
set back
set back from
set back on one's heels
set back the clock
set before
set beside
set by
set by the ears
set cap for
set down
set down as
set eyes on
set eyes on (someone or something)
set fire to
set fire to (something)
set foot
set foot in
set foot in (some place)
set foot in/on something
set foot on
set foot on (something or some place)
set foot somewhere
set for
set for life
set forth
set forth on
set forth on (something)
set forward
set free
set free (from something)
set great store by
set great store by (something or someone)
set great store by, to
set heart against
set heart on
set her cap
set hopes on
set house in order
set in
set in (one's) ways
set in a place
set in a type face
set in cement
set in concrete
set in motion
set in one's ways, be
set in stone
set in train
set in ways
set in your ways
set into
set into (something)
set light to (something)
set light to something
set little by
set little by (someone or something)
set mind at ease
set mind on
set much by (someone or something)
set no store by (something or someone)
set no store in (something or someone)
set of delph
set of pipes
set of wheels
set off
set off (for some place)
set off alarm bells
set off on
set off on (something)
set on
set on a pedestal, to
set on fire
set one back on heels
set one back on one's feet
set one on feet
set one's cap for
set one's cap for, to
set one's face against
set one's heart at rest, to
set one's heart on
set one's heart on, to
set one's mind at rest
set one's mind on
set one's seal on
set one's sights on
set one's sights on, to
set one's teeth on edge
set one's teeth on edge, to
set out
set out (for some place)
set out (one's) stall
set out on (one's) own
set out to (do something)
set out to do
set out your stall
set over
set pen to paper
set price
set pulses racing
set right
set sail
set sail for (some place)
set sail for some place
set sights on
set somebody's teeth on edge
set someone back
set someone back on their heels
set someone up
set someone up for something
set someone's teeth on edge
set something on fire
set store by
set store by (something or someone)
set store in (something or someone)
set straight
set teeth on edge
set the agenda
set the ball rolling
set the bar (high/low)
set the cat among the pigeons
set the heather alight
set the heather on fire
set the pace
set the record straight
set the scene
set the scene for
set the scene for (something)
set the scene/stage
set the seal on (something)
set the seal on something
set the stage for
set the stage for (something)
set the stage for something
set the table
set the Thames alight
set the Thames on fire
set the tone
set the wheels in motion
set the woods on fire
set the world alight
set the world on fire
set the/(one's) clock(s) ahead
set the/(one's) clock(s) back
set the/(one's) clock(s) forward
set to
set to do
set to music
set to rights
set to work
set to work (doing something)
set to work (on something)
set to work on (someone)
set tongues (a-)wagging
set tongues wagging
set type
set up
set up against
set up as
set up home
set up house
set up house/home
set up housekeeping
set up shop
set up shop somewhere
set upon
set you back on your heels
set your cap at
set your cap at someone
set your face against
set your face against something
set your hand to
set your heart on
set your heart on something
set your heart/mind on something/on doing something
set your seal to
set your sights high/low
set your sights on
set your sights on something
set your sights on something/on doing something
set your teeth
set your teeth on edge
setup
shoulder to the wheel, to put/set one's
smart set
someone's sun is set
strike out on own
the jet set
the rot sets in
the smart set
think the sun rises and sets on
think the sun rises and sets on (someone)
tongues wag

References in classic literature

She will then be frightened, and will desire you to go to bed with her; on this you must not point blank refuse her, for you want her to set your companions free, and to take good care also of yourself, but you must make her swear solemnly by all the blessed gods that she will plot no further mischief against you, or else when she has got you naked she will unman you and make you fit for nothing.'

She set me on a richly decorated seat inlaid with silver, there was a footstool also under my feet, and she mixed a mess in a golden goblet for me to drink; but she drugged it, for she meant me mischief.

"Meanwhile her four servants, who are her housemaids, set about their work.

"And I said, 'Circe, no man with any sense of what is right can think of either eating or drinking in your house until you have set his friends free and let him see them.

"'You will want no guide,' she answered; 'raise your mast, set your white sails, sit quite still, and the North Wind will blow you there of itself.

We have no idea where the sun either sets or rises, {85} so that we do not even know East from West.

Odyssey

So he set out once more on his journey, sighing, and in great despair, when on a sudden his friend the fox met him, and said, 'You see now what has happened on account of your not listening to my counsel.

Then the old fox came once more, and scolded him for not following his advice; otherwise no evil would have befallen him: 'Yet,' said he, 'I cannot leave you here, so lay hold of my tail and hold fast.' Then he pulled him out of the river, and said to him, as he got upon the bank, 'Your brothers have set watch to kill you, if they find you in the kingdom.' So he dressed himself as a poor man, and came secretly to the king's court, and was scarcely within the doors when the horse began to eat, and the bird to sing, and princess left off weeping.

Fairy Tales

In 1859, in the month of August, the young traveller, Roscher, from Hamburg, set out with a caravan of Arab merchants, reached Lake Nyassa, and was there assassinated while he slept.

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Still, if I believe that I can set going a better method of treatment-- if I believe that I can pursue certain observations and inquiries which may be a lasting benefit to medical practice, I should be a base truckler if I allowed any consideration of personal comfort to hinder me.

Middlemarch

For Raleigh promised, if he were set free, to seek once more the fabled Golden City, and this time he swore to find it and bring home treasure untold to his master the King.

Raleigh was ready to set off again at once to discover more of Guiana.

Prince Henry just before his death had wrung an unwilling promise from the King his father that Raleigh should be set free.

English Literature For Boys And Girls

CHILDREN'S BAMBOO 'TRANSPORT' DINING SET - THREE PIECE: A bright and breezy design for young children, this set is environmentally friendly.

Top 10 KIDS' DINING SETS

Both Noor Zaman and Tayyub Rauf played well and some fine shorts were also witnessed with Noor took the first set very easily and that so the second set but lost the third and fourth sets against Tayyub Rauf of Punjab.

Zeeshan, Abbas Zeb to clash in Wazir Gul National Junior Squash Championship

词组	set
释义	set all set Prepared, ready, or primed to begin or complete a task at hand. Once I iron my shirt, I'll be all set for the date tonight. See also: all, set set slang In community card poker, a hand containing two cards that have the same face value as one of the cards on the board following the flop. I had been bluffing when I raised my bet with just a pair of aces, but luckily the flop revealed an ace that gave me a set. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. (all) set (to do something) prepared or ready to do something. (Typically: be ~; get ~.) Are you set to cook the steaks? Yes, the fire is ready, and I'm all set to start. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. set 1. n. a period of time that a band plays without a break; a thirty-minute jam session. We do two sets and then take a twenty-minute break. 2. n. a party. Your set was a totally major bash! McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions put a good/bold face on something, to To make the best of things. This term has been around since the fourteenth century, and the practice itself, of pretending things are better than they are, is no doubt much older. “Set a good face on a bad matter,” wrote Humphrey Gifford (A Posie of Gilloflowers, 1580). See also: bold, face, good, on, put The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See: (one's) heart is set against (something) (one's) heart is set on (something) (one's) sun has set (one's) tongue is hanging out a crystal set a set price all set all set to go at a set time be (all) set (to do something) be (dead) set on (something) be carved/set in stone be dead set against (someone or something) be dead set against something be dead set on (something) be dead set on something be set aback be set against (something) be set against something/against doing something be set fair be set in (one's) ways be set in cement be set in concrete be set in your ways be set on something/on doing something be set to rights be, look, etc. set cart before the horse, don't put/set the clap eyes on (someone or something) clap/lay/set eyes on somebody/something come in and set a spell Come in and sit a spell crystal set dead set against dead set against (someone or something) don't put the cart before the horse game, set, (and) match get (all) set get (one's) ears set out get ears set out get set get someone's back up get the ball rolling get/keep/set/start the ball rolling go about your work go to work go/set about your work go/set to work have (one's) heart (dead) set against (something) have (one's) heart set on (something) have a set-to have a set-to (with someone or something) have heart set against have heart set on jet set jet-set jet-setters lay (one's) eyes on (something) lay at rest lay eyes on look (all) set (to do something) make a dead set at make a dead set at (someone or something) make a dead set upon (someone or something) never set foot in (some place) not set foot in (some place) not set foot somewhere not set the Thames on fire not set the woods on fire not set the world on fire not/never put/set a foot wrong not/never set the world on fire on a pedestal, put on track on your mark(s), get set, go on your mark, get set, go on your marks, get set, go! one's heart is set against one's heart is set on put (one) at (one's) ease put (one) right put (one) to work put (one's) (own) house in order put (one's) mind at ease put (one's) mind to (something) put (something) in motion put (something) to rights put a good/bold face on something, to put aside put down in black and white put down to put forth put mind to put one's mind to put store by (something or someone) put straight put the cat among the pigeons put/set somebody at ease put/set somebody right put/set somebody straight put/set somebody to work put/set somebody's mind at ease/rest put/set something in motion put/set something to rights put/set store by something put/set the cat among the pigeons put/set the record straight put/set your house in order put/set/place somebody on a pedestal put/set/turn your mind to something ready, set, go roll a set roll a set of (finger)prints roll a set of prints set set (one) aback set (one) against (someone or something) set (one) at (one's) ease set (one) back on (one's) feet set (one) back on (one's) heels set (one) down as (something) set (one) on (one's) feet (again) set (one) straight set (one) up for life set (one) up with (someone or something) set (one) wise set (one's) (own) house in order set (one's) back up set (one's) cap at (someone) set (one's) cap for (someone) set (one's) face against (something) set (one's) hand to set (one's) heart against (something) set (one's) heart at rest set (one's) heart on (something) set (one's) hopes on (someone or something) set (one's) mind at ease set (one's) mind at rest set (one's) mind on (something) set (one's) mind to (something) set (one's) mind to rest set (one's) seal to (something) set (one's) shoulder to the wheel set (one's) sights high set (one's) sights low set (one's) sights on (someone or something) set (one's) teeth set (one's) teeth on edge set (oneself) up for a letdown set (someone or oneself) up for (something) set (someone or something) (up) on a pedestal set (someone or something) (up)on (one) set (someone or something) above (someone or something) set (someone or something) back set (someone or something) back from (someone or something else) set (someone or something) before (someone or something) set (someone or something) down on(to) (something) set (someone or something) loose set (someone or something) off set (someone or something) to work set (someone or something) to work (on something) set (someone or something) up set (someone) by the ears set (someone, something, or oneself) apart (from someone or something) set (someone, something, or oneself) up against (someone or something) set (someone, something, or oneself) up as (someone or something) set (someone's) pulse racing set (something) against (something) set (something) apart (for something) set (something) at rest set (something) down in black and white set (something) down in writing set (something) down to (something) set (something) for (something) set (something) in cement set (something) in concrete set (something) in motion set (something) on fire set (something) out set (something) over (something) set (something) right set (something) straight set (something) to music set (something) to rights set (up)on (doing something) set (up)on (someone or something) Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil. set a great deal by (someone or something) set a high/low bar set a precedent set a spell set a thief to catch a thief set a trap set a trap (for someone or something) set a/the/(one's) price (for something) set about set about (doing something) set about (one) set about doing set about your work set above set adrift set afire set after (someone or something) set against set alarm bells ringing set an example set apart set apart from set aside set aside (one's) differences set at set at naught set at odds set back set back from set back on one's heels set back the clock set before set beside set by set by the ears set cap for set down set down as set eyes on set eyes on (someone or something) set fire to set fire to (something) set foot set foot in set foot in (some place) set foot in/on something set foot on set foot on (something or some place) set foot somewhere set for set for life set forth set forth on set forth on (something) set forward set free set free (from something) set great store by set great store by (something or someone) set great store by, to set heart against set heart on set her cap set hopes on set house in order set in set in (one's) ways set in a place set in a type face set in cement set in concrete set in motion set in one's ways, be set in stone set in train set in ways set in your ways set into set into (something) set light to (something) set light to something set little by set little by (someone or something) set mind at ease set mind on set much by (someone or something) set no store by (something or someone) set no store in (something or someone) set of delph set of pipes set of wheels set off set off (for some place) set off alarm bells set off on set off on (something) set on set on a pedestal, to set on fire set one back on heels set one back on one's feet set one on feet set one's cap for set one's cap for, to set one's face against set one's heart at rest, to set one's heart on set one's heart on, to set one's mind at rest set one's mind on set one's seal on set one's sights on set one's sights on, to set one's teeth on edge set one's teeth on edge, to set out set out (for some place) set out (one's) stall set out on (one's) own set out to (do something) set out to do set out your stall set over set pen to paper set price set pulses racing set right set sail set sail for (some place) set sail for some place set sights on set somebody's teeth on edge set someone back set someone back on their heels set someone up set someone up for something set someone's teeth on edge set something on fire set store by set store by (something or someone) set store in (something or someone) set straight set teeth on edge set the agenda set the ball rolling set the bar (high/low) set the cat among the pigeons set the heather alight set the heather on fire set the pace set the record straight set the scene set the scene for set the scene for (something) set the scene/stage set the seal on (something) set the seal on something set the stage for set the stage for (something) set the stage for something set the table set the Thames alight set the Thames on fire set the tone set the wheels in motion set the woods on fire set the world alight set the world on fire set the/(one's) clock(s) ahead set the/(one's) clock(s) back set the/(one's) clock(s) forward set to set to do set to music set to rights set to work set to work (doing something) set to work (on something) set to work on (someone) set tongues (a-)wagging set tongues wagging set type set up set up against set up as set up home set up house set up house/home set up housekeeping set up shop set up shop somewhere set upon set you back on your heels set your cap at set your cap at someone set your face against set your face against something set your hand to set your heart on set your heart on something set your heart/mind on something/on doing something set your seal to set your sights high/low set your sights on set your sights on something set your sights on something/on doing something set your teeth set your teeth on edge setup shoulder to the wheel, to put/set one's smart set someone's sun is set strike out on own the jet set the rot sets in the smart set think the sun rises and sets on think the sun rises and sets on (someone) tongues wag References in classic literature She will then be frightened, and will desire you to go to bed with her; on this you must not point blank refuse her, for you want her to set your companions free, and to take good care also of yourself, but you must make her swear solemnly by all the blessed gods that she will plot no further mischief against you, or else when she has got you naked she will unman you and make you fit for nothing.' She set me on a richly decorated seat inlaid with silver, there was a footstool also under my feet, and she mixed a mess in a golden goblet for me to drink; but she drugged it, for she meant me mischief. "Meanwhile her four servants, who are her housemaids, set about their work. "And I said, 'Circe, no man with any sense of what is right can think of either eating or drinking in your house until you have set his friends free and let him see them. "'You will want no guide,' she answered; 'raise your mast, set your white sails, sit quite still, and the North Wind will blow you there of itself. We have no idea where the sun either sets or rises, {85} so that we do not even know East from West. Odyssey So he set out once more on his journey, sighing, and in great despair, when on a sudden his friend the fox met him, and said, 'You see now what has happened on account of your not listening to my counsel. Then the old fox came once more, and scolded him for not following his advice; otherwise no evil would have befallen him: 'Yet,' said he, 'I cannot leave you here, so lay hold of my tail and hold fast.' Then he pulled him out of the river, and said to him, as he got upon the bank, 'Your brothers have set watch to kill you, if they find you in the kingdom.' So he dressed himself as a poor man, and came secretly to the king's court, and was scarcely within the doors when the horse began to eat, and the bird to sing, and princess left off weeping. Fairy Tales In 1859, in the month of August, the young traveller, Roscher, from Hamburg, set out with a caravan of Arab merchants, reached Lake Nyassa, and was there assassinated while he slept. Five Weeks in a Balloon Still, if I believe that I can set going a better method of treatment-- if I believe that I can pursue certain observations and inquiries which may be a lasting benefit to medical practice, I should be a base truckler if I allowed any consideration of personal comfort to hinder me. Middlemarch For Raleigh promised, if he were set free, to seek once more the fabled Golden City, and this time he swore to find it and bring home treasure untold to his master the King. Raleigh was ready to set off again at once to discover more of Guiana. Prince Henry just before his death had wrung an unwilling promise from the King his father that Raleigh should be set free. English Literature For Boys And Girls CHILDREN'S BAMBOO 'TRANSPORT' DINING SET - THREE PIECE: A bright and breezy design for young children, this set is environmentally friendly. Top 10 KIDS' DINING SETS Both Noor Zaman and Tayyub Rauf played well and some fine shorts were also witnessed with Noor took the first set very easily and that so the second set but lost the third and fourth sets against Tayyub Rauf of Punjab. Zeeshan, Abbas Zeb to clash in Wazir Gul National Junior Squash Championship
随便看	false advertising false alarm false as Cressida false colors false dawn false economy false friend false friends are worse than open enemies false modesty false move false note false pride false start false step falsies falter falter in falter in (something) fam fame familiar familiarity breeds contempt familiarize familiarize (someone or oneself) with (something) familiarize with