to cause two people or groups to fight each other although they were in a friendly relationship before
to compare one thing with another
to state officially that an amount of money is a cost to your business in order to pay less tax
Hers is only one story set against thousands of women who will receive a similar screening result this year.
The epilogue takes place in a kitchen, where a mother stands beside the table surrounded by chairs, one with crutches set against it.
The rights of the woman and the rights of the unborn child are often set against one another.
They will conclude the existence of the disparity between their successful and enterprising form set against Wales 's failure and uninspiring play.
This season’s results have been disappointing set against last year’s.
You know your expenses can be set against tax, don’t you?
a bitter industrial dispute that had set worker against worker
sets against
setting against
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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