Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

set the world on fire
- to do something outstanding, to do something that makes one famous
The author has not been able to set the world on fire with his writing but he is trying
very hard.
set tongues wagging
- to start people to start gossiping
The actions of the supervisor set tongues wagging around our office.
set type
- to arrange type for printing
The small printing company worked all night to set type for the local paper.
set up (someone)
- to put someone in a position to be manipulated
I do not believe that I lost the money honestly. I believe that someone set me up.
set up (something)
- to establish something, to provide the money for something
The newspaper company provided the money to set up the new travel magazine.
The company set up a situation to test the new product.
set up (something)
- to make something ready to use by putting the parts together
After we set up the gas barbecue we were able to cook dinner.
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