set for

set (something) for (something)

To input a particular setting or value into something else. You'll need to set the washing machine for 90 degrees to properly disinfect those sheets. I closed the oven door and set the timer for 35 minutes.
See also: set

set (something) to music

To arrange for a piece of music to accompany something. Often used in passive constructions. I actually think that scene in the film would have worked much better had it not been set to music. The way I create songs is to first write a poem and then set it to music.
See also: music, set
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

set something for something

to adjust something for a particular setting. I set the thermostat for a lower temperature. Please set the air conditioning for about 75 degrees.
See also: set
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • set (something) for (something)
  • on the chance that
  • on the outside chance
  • on the off chance (that) (something happens)
  • on the off-chance
  • have no use for
  • have no use for (someone or something)
  • have no use for somebody/something
  • if that's not (something), (then) I don't know what is
  • How much is (something)?
References in classic literature
Beneath the second dial he found the steel pin severed as in the other, but the controlling mechanism had first been set for a point upon the western hemisphere.
Thuvia Maid of Mars
Fragrance sets continue to be the "go-to" gift set for the holiday season, and represent 34% of total prestige fragrance sales annually.
Gift sets gain popularity across beauty
After the screen is set for 1, the screener can read the defense and come back toward the ball at the high-post area or go on down to the new weakside low post area.
An out-of-bounds continuity from the baseline
A comprehensive worship book, a "one-volume collection of liturgical rites and hymnic materials," was now officially proposed." And the stage was set for full provision of musical settings for the liturgies, with a completion goal of July 4, 1976.
About setting one
To compile a 3-D image set for a material, a series of over 1000 radiographic images are recorded at different angular positions from 0[degrees] to 180[degrees].
Figure 2 provides a complete 2-D (slice) image for the data set for the dry cement powder with no addition of water.
The Visible Cement Data Set
Hiring goals are set for specific classes of jobs, such as entry-level positions requiring a college degree, and often entail more than one hire.
After affirmative action: life under an executive order suggests the future of affirmative action in a post-CCRI California
A typical compound set for pectoral muscles might be bench presses immediately followed with dumbbell flys, chair or bar dips, and concluding with incline dumbbell presses--a truly massive set comprising 4 nonstop exercises.
Vary your strength training with old-time muscle building