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set to work |
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set someone or something to work to start someone or something working; to cause someone or something to begin functioning. The captain set everyone to work repairing the tears in the fabric of the sails. We will set the machines to work at the regular time. set to work (on someone or something) to begin working on someone or something. We have finished questioning Tom, so we will set to work on Fred. We set to work on dinner at noon. set to work to begin doing something They set to work bringing order to an organization that didn't even know how many computers it had. She pulled out her brushes and paper and set to work making a studio out of her hotel room. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Now this made Jove angry, so he sent among them a big Stork that soon set to work gobbling them all up. But the Tin Woodman set to work with his axe and chopped so well that soon he cleared a passage for the entire party. Montgomery, having unshipped the rudder, landed likewise, and all set to work at unloading. |
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