āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
set against
/sËÉt ÉÉĄËÉnst/
to set against
[phrase form: set]
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āĻāĻāĻāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻāύāĻā§ āϞāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻļāϤā§āϰā§āϤāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause someone to become opposed or hostile toward a friend, relative, ally, etc.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rumor was designed to set her friends against her, causing distrust and division.
āĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāύ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to compare two or more things by considering them in relation to each other
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scenic beauty of the mountains is even more striking when set against the bustling city below.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻļāĻšāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻā§ āϞāĻžāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻŽāύā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻ āύā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to balance one financial amount with another
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Tax deductions can be set against your total income to lower your taxable income.
āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϏ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āϏā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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