set (someone or something) back from (someone or something else)
set (someone or something) back from (someone or something else)
To place someone or something at some position or location a distance away from someone or something else. Make sure you set your cups and plates back from the edge of the table, because our toddler is in a phase of grabbing anything and everything she can reach. The teacher set us a good bit back from the performers since they were using pyrotechnics in their show.
See also: back, set, something
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
set something back from (something else)
and set something backto place something at some distance from something else. Set the glasses back from the edge or they will get knocked off. You should set back the crystal vase a little. It's too close to the edge.
See also: back, set
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- be/have done with somebody/something
- be in line with (someone or something)
- better of
- (someone or something) promises well
- begin with
- begin with (someone or something)
- bird has flown, the
- bear off from (someone or something)
- beware of
- beware of (someone or something)