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set something forward

1. to move something to a more forward position. Please set the chair forward a little bit. It is in the walkway. If you set the vase forward, it will show up better against the dark background.

2. to reset a timepiece to a later time. You are supposed to set your clock forward at this time of year. Did you set your watch forward?

See also: forward, set

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Before they set forward, they advertise the governors of provinces through which they are to pass, that they may take care to furnish what is necessary for the subsistence of the troops. A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context He therefore resumed his resolution, and taking leave of Black George, set forward to a town about five miles distant, whither he had desired Mr Allworthy, unless he pleased to revoke his sentence, to send his things after him. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context Suffice it to say that, after having visited and camped about various streams with varying success, Captain Bonneville set forward early in June for the appointed rendezvous at the caches. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context			Set a thief to catch a thief set a trap set about set about doing set above set against set alarm bells ringing set apart set apart from set aside set at set back set back from set before set beside set down set down as set eyes on set face against set fire to set foot in set for set for life set forth set forth on set forward set free set great store by set heart against set heart on set hopes on set house in order set in set in a place set in a type face set in concrete set in motion set in stone set in train set in ways set into set mind at ease set mind on set of pipes set of wheels set off set off alarm bells set off on set on set on fire set one back on heels			set firmly set foot set foot set foot set foot set foot in set foot in set foot in set foot in set foot in set foot on set foot on set foot on set foot on set for set for a later time Set for Life Set form set format set forth set forth set forth set forth set forth set forth evidence set forth in a will set forth in words set forth on set forth the character of set forth the meaning set forward set forward force set forward point set free set free set free set front side bus set function Set Functional Address set going set going again Set Graphics Rendition set grease soap set great store by Set Greater Than Unsigned Set Group Address Set Group ID set guidelines set gun Set hammer Set hammer set hand set hand set hand set hand set hand to the plough set hand to the plough set hand to the plow set hand to the plow set heart against set heart on

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