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Definition of set back phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

set back

 phrasal verb
phrasal verb
 
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Phrasal Verbs

set something/somebodyback

 
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to delay the progress of something or someone by a particular time The bad weather set back the building program by several weeks. related noun setback

set somebody back something

[no passive] (informal)
 
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to cost someone a particular amount of money The repairs could set you back over $200.

set something back (from something)

[usually passive]
 
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to place something, especially a building, at a distance from something The house is set well back from the road.
See set back in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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