āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
set about
/sËÉt ÉbËaĘt/
to set about
[phrase form: set]
01
āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to physically attack someone
Dialect
British
BritishTransitive: to set about sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The fans set about the opposing team's supporters in a heated brawl.
āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to start a task, action, or process with determination and inspiration
Transitive: to set about doing sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They set about cleaning the entire house before their guests arrived.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
