set about : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: set about	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
set about v begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" Synonym(s): set about, go about, approach enter upon an activity or enterprise Synonym(s): undertake, set about, attempt take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "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" Synonym(s): get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence Antonym(s): end, terminate