to consider something in a particular way
to state officially how something should be done
to stop a vehicle so that a passenger can get out
to write something on a piece of paper so that it will not be forgotten and can be looked at later
A moment later the old woman came back and set down a big glass of water and a basket of hush puppies.
Emma set down the food on top of a box containing cartons of soap powder.
He set the whole experience down as a failure.
How many words have I set down on paper or vellum, thinking to trap the truth thereby?
She set all these events down in her diary.
These conditions were set down by the United Nations.
Yet something in her voice, an edge of hoarseness, made me set down the cup I'd started to lift.
sets down
setting down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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