BraveSpeaking: SET: phrasal verbs [advanced]

Verb start doing something, esp. with determination

set about
While the rabbit cooks, I grind up part of a charred branch and set about camouflaging my orange pack. The black tones it down, but I feel a layer of mud would definitely help. Of course, to have mud, I’d need water . . .

set aside

Verb do away with or put an end to

The father knelt beside his hesitant daughter and gently encouraged her to set aside her fears and take a seat. “Don’t worry,” he whispered in her ear during a family outing to the circus, “it’s just a little kitty.”

set in

Verb begin to happen or be apparent

Springtime in Paris is usually a time to celebrate, but this year the warm weather has brought concern and irritation. A menacing smog has set in over the city, causing the government to enforce a car ban.

set out

Verb begin an undertaking, like a project or journey

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Star has engines that can deliver 75,000 horsepower. That's 25 times the punch of the icebound Shokalskiy, the ship that the Polar Star has now set out to rescue.

set up

Verb construct, build, or erect

set up
Army ants send out raiding parties that decimate everything in their path. At night they set up temporary bivouacs.