Set About (Verb)
Meaning 1
Enter upon an activity or enterprise.
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 2
Begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..