Examples of 'set me back' in a sentence
Meaning of "set me back"
This phrase is used when something, typically a purchase or expense, costs more than expected or desired. It implies that the expenditure had a negative impact on one's finances or budget
How to use "set me back" in a sentence
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These things set me back four dollars.
The destruction of my prototype is gonna set me back.
That thing set me back two grand.
I think that might have set me back.
You have set me back years in my analysis.
All the homeschooling set me back a year.
It may set me back for the day.
That gravy nap really set me back.
The painting set me back three grand.
It set me back in my healing in every way possible.
This is gonna set me back a whole day.
A century and a half this dress set me back.
That night set me back seven years.
It took a thoroughly respectable friend to set me back on track.
This could set me back a few days.
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I was always surprised at how each contact set me back.
The tragedy set me back a few notches.
Set me back ten bucks.
Sometimes it can set me back a few days.
It set me back just a little bit.
That must have set me back a few bucks.
Set me back four grand.
This is going to set me back a whole day.
It set me back a couple belts.
But those words did set me back several years.
It set me back quite a penny.
How much will it set me back.
I will set me back to my old self.
I hope this injury does not set me back too much.
This could set me back weeks in the healing process.
I felt at once that it had set me back twenty years.
This camera set me back three months of my army pension.
These passages set me back.
That set me back a bit.
I have done this before and it does nothing but set me back.
It really set me back for a month.
Set me back a pretty penny.
Years she set me back.
Set me back four years.
That news set me back.
It set me back a sawbuck.
You done set me back.
Set me back an hour or so.
Just set me back.
That avalanche covering my search area has set me back at least a week.
You set me back years.
It does not set me back.
My trip set me back a couple of years and tons of thousand dollars.
It really set me back.
My trip set me back a couple of years and many thousand dollars.
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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
