set out

[set out] {v.}

1. To leave on a journey or voyage.

* /The Pilgrims set out for the New World./

Compare: SET FORTH(2), SET OFF(4), START OUT. 2. To decide and begin to try; attempt.

* /George set out to improve his pitching./

3. To plant in the ground.

* /The gardener set out some tomato seedlings./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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