📖 Definitions of "Set back"
verb
- 1
To delay or obstruct.
"I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile."
- 2
To remove from or allow distance.
"Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet."
- 3
To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.
"The statue was set back in a niche."
- 4
To cost money, as.
"How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?"
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