set back
set
sɛt
set
back
bÃĻk
bāk
/sˈɛt bˈak/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "set back"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to set back
[phrase form: set]
01

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cause a decline in the quality, strength, or advancement of something
to set back definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A financial crisis can set back a country's economy, leading to a reduction in GDP and overall economic strength.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cause a delay in the progress of something or someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We had to set the meeting back by an hour due to a scheduling conflict.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āĻšā§€ āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to require someone to spend a specific amount of money
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't let this shopping spree set you back too much.
āĻāχ āϕ⧇āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāύāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
04

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to position something, particularly a structure, at a distance from something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He decided to set the new office building back from the street for a more impressive entrance.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ āĻ­āĻŦāύāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϏ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ