- set to work
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a) To begin working.
As soon as he got home, he went to his desk and set to work.
b) To begin working at.Everyday he sets to work at the new assignments.
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set to work — To employ in, or to engage energetically in, a piece of work • • • Main Entry: ↑work * * * set to work (or set someone to work) begin or cause to begin work … Useful english dictionary
set to work — index employ (engage services), engage (hire), exert, exploit (make use of), hire, manipulate (utilize skillfully) … Law dictionary
set to work — to start working, especially in a determined or enthusiastic way set to work on: I set to work on the mountain of paperwork on my desk. set to work (on) doing something: After lunch, they set to work fixing the roof. set to work to do something:… … English dictionary
set to work — to begin doing something. They set to work bringing order to an organization that didn t even know how many computers it had. She pulled out her brushes and paper and set to work making a studio out of her hotel room … New idioms dictionary
set to work on something — get/go/set/to work (on something) phrase to start doing something Let’s get to work on this right now. Thesaurus: to start doing somethingsynonym Main entry: work … Useful english dictionary
set to work — begin to work; indicate someone to begin to work … English contemporary dictionary
To set at work — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To set to work — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To set on work — Work Work (w[^u]rk), n. [OE. work, werk, weorc, AS. weorc, worc; akin to OFries. werk, wirk, OS., D., & G. werk, OHG. werc, werah, Icel. & Sw. verk, Dan. v[ae]rk, Goth. gawa[ u]rki, Gr. e rgon, [digamma]e rgon, work, re zein to do, o rganon an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To set to work — Work Work (w[^u]rk), n. [OE. work, werk, weorc, AS. weorc, worc; akin to OFries. werk, wirk, OS., D., & G. werk, OHG. werc, werah, Icel. & Sw. verk, Dan. v[ae]rk, Goth. gawa[ u]rki, Gr. e rgon, [digamma]e rgon, work, re zein to do, o rganon an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
