S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[set right] {v. phr.}
To discipline; correct; indicate the correct procedure.
"Your bookkeeping is all messed up," the accountant said. "Let me set it right for you, once and for all."
[set store by] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To like or value; want to keep. Used with a qualifying word between "set" and "store".
George sets great store by that old tennis racket.
Pat doesn't set much store by Mike's advice.
[set the pace] {v. phr.}
To decide on a rate of speed of travel or rules that are followed by others.
The scoutmaster set the pace so that the shorter boys would not get tired trying to keep up.
* /Louise set the pace in selling tickets for the […]
[set the stage for] {v. phr.}
To prepare the way or situation for (an event); to make a situation ready for something to happen.
The country's economic problems set the stage for a depression.
[set the world on fire] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To do something outstanding; act in a way that attracts much attention or makes you famous.
John works hard, but he will never set the world on fire.
* /Mary could set the world on fire with her piano […]
[set to] {v.}
1. To make a serious beginning.
Charlie took a helping of turkey, grabbed his knife and fork, and set to.
2. To start to fight.
One man called the other a liar and they set to.
[set to music] {v. phr.}
To compose a musical accompaniment to verse.
Schubert and Beethoven both set to music many a famous poem by Goethe and Schiller.