āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
set back
/sËÉt bËak/
to set back
[phrase form: set]
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to cause a decline in the quality, strength, or advancement of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A financial crisis can set back a country's economy, leading to a reduction in GDP and overall economic strength.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to cause a delay in the progress of something or someone
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We had to set the meeting back by an hour due to a scheduling conflict.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏā§āĻā§ āϏāĻāĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻāύā§āĻāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻāϰāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž
to require someone to spend a specific amount of money
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't let this shopping spree set you back too much.
āĻāĻ āĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāύāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
04
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϏāϰāĻžāύā§
to position something, particularly a structure, at a distance from something else
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He decided to set the new office building back from the street for a more impressive entrance.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻžāĻāϰā§āώāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āύāϤā§āύ āĻ
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