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phraseset out on set out on sth to start something, especially something difficult, important or new: From 1900 von Koerber's government set out on a programme of economic and cultural modernization. Nicholson became a spy in 1980 and set out on a career of increasingly dangerous foreign assignments. Charlie set out on a series of unfortunate marriages with very young girls.■ SIMILAR TO: embark on/upon
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