set out Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
   begin; get; start out; set about; start; get down; commence.
   
   • We began working at dawn
   • Who will start?
   • Get working as soon as the sun rises!
   • The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
   • He began early in the day
   • Let's get down to work now
2. verb lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
   range; lay out; array.
   
   • lay out the clothes
   • lay out the arguments
3. verb leave
   depart; set forth; set off; start out; start; part; take off.
   
   • The family took off for Florida

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