What is the meaning of set out?

verb

  • Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
    • usage: "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"
  • Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
    • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • Leave.
    • usage: "The family took off for Florida"
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APAWordNet. (2010). set out. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/set_out/definitions/1330001
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HarvardWordNet 2010, set out, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/set_out/definitions/1330001>.
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