set in concrete

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set in concrete

firmly established and very difficult to change set in stone The basics of the financial plan are set in concrete.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form written in concrete: Nothing is written in concrete – we can still make changes.

See also: concrete, set

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The use of ground anchors is perhaps one of the most physically strongest devices, whereby a plate is set in concrete into the ground, usually in a garage, and then a chain is secured through the bike and locked into the anchor. Motorcycle Security by millclarke / Biotechnology industry community Nothing has been set in concrete and it's difficult to plan ahead. Frain still stuck in limbo by Birmingham Mail (England) Nothing is set in concrete just yet and we dont know if, when it goes to the state, they might determine a different way for how the money trickles down, he said. An oasis of funding amid a recession by Joe Schoenmann / Las Vegas Sun			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 one on feet set out set out stall set out to set out to do set over set price set right set sail set sail for some place			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 set heart on set heart on set heart on set heart on set hopes on set hopes on set hopes on set hopes on set hopes on set house in order set house in order set house in order set house in order set house in order set house in order set in set in set in set in set in set in a place set in a type face set in array set in concrete set in motion set in motion set in motion set in motion set in motion set in operation set in opposition set in order set in stone set in stone set in stone set in stone set in train set in ways Set inclusion Set inclusion Set Initialization Mode Set Interrupt Flag Set Interupt Status set into Set Iron Rod Set Less Than Immediate Set Less Than Unsigned set limitations set limits Set line set little store by Set Lunch Set Maquette set mark

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