set in a place

set something in a place

to locate the action of a play or movie in a place. The author set the second act in a wooded glade. The opera was set in a forest outside Moscow.
See also: place, set
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • get (all) set
  • get set
  • set (something) out
  • set out
  • set up house
  • set in train
  • be (all) set (to do something)
  • set your hand to
  • set (one's) hand to
  • set about (doing something)