Examples of 'set back' in a sentence
Meaning of "set back"
A setback refers to an obstacle or difficulty that hinders progress or delays something. It can be a problem, setback or a delay that prevents the achievement of a goal or objective
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- To delay or obstruct.
- To remove from or allow distance.
- To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.
- To cost money.
How to use "set back" in a sentence
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This seat is set back like mine is.
Set back from the street offering.
Soviet science was set back fifty years.
The set back after set back.
We quickly had it set back on its wheels.
A set back does not mean defeat.
The project was set back several years.
We had one minor little set back.
Our abductors set back his rehab.
Can not underestimate this set back.
Have been set back by several years.
Let us get this rope set back up.
It also set back the production schedule.
Controls the night set back operation.
It would set back immeasurably international disarmament efforts.
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We would have been set back for decades.
My first concert since my little set back.
Are you willing to set back the legalization.
We will also move the set back.
Your feet are set back on the path.
What happened to me was not a set back.
It is axially set back relative to the sprayhead.
You all betterjust set back down.
Set back against the foothills.
It is a great set back to their space program.
We know young children are set back with.
It is set back in auto mode when power is back on.
Iran must now be set back definitively.
To set back the password to default do as described here.
And colors are set back to normal.
Set back within its plot to great effect.
Like two hands set back to back.
It is set back from the road on a slight rise.
Maybe you better set back down.
It would set back our work here months.
The scores are again set back to zero.
It is set back from the road on a wooded hilltop.
Then we convert the set back to a list.
Will set back for years.
This is due to the set back building.
That we set back are going to have some.
I would like the money set back.
Watch him get set back on his heels.
Set back for best jump.
You will be set back a year.
I am set back on my heels always by scurrility.
I have had a little set back in business lately.
That set back my confidence for a long time.
But the rebellion set back our progress.
This set back has convinced me even more.
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Looking to get back up on that pogo stick
I moaned at my father so much that he brought me back
But he went back and did it all the same
