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set to work on (someone)
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set to work on (someone)
To begin doing something to someone.
Mom set to work on me and bandaged my scraped knee.
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go/set to ˈwork (on something)
(also get (down) to ˈwork (on something)) start working on a particular task:
I set to work on the car, giving it a good clean.
♢
I ought to get to work on that report.
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