From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishset to phrasal verb British EnglishSTART DOING somethingto start doing something eagerly and with determination If we all set to, we’ll finish the job in half an hour. → set→ See Verb tableset-toˈset-to noun [countable usually singular] informal ARGUEFIGHTa short fight or quarrel SYN argument Tom and I had a bit of a set-to last night. → set to at set1
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set-to• Then they had done a short walk along the Lagan, the mood teetering precariously between rapprochement and a set-to. 