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set-to
nounas inaltercation
nounas inargument
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nounas inbout
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nounas inbrush
nounas inclash
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nounas inconflict
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nounas inconflict
nounas inconfrontation
nounas incontention
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nounas incontest
nounas indifference
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nounas inencounter
nounas infight
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nounas infighting
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nounas infracas
nounas infray
nounas infriction
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nounas inmelee
nounas inmisunderstanding
nounas inpolemic
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nounas inquarrel
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nounas inrow
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nounas inrun-in
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nounas inscrap
nounas inscuffle
nounas insquabble
nounas instruggle
nounas intilt
nounas intourney
nounas inwrangle
verbas inargue
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verbas inattack
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verbas inbuckle down
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- address
- apply oneself
- attend to
- bend
- concentrate on
- dedicate oneself to
- devote oneself to
- exert oneself
- get serious
- give
- give oneself over to
- keep close to
- keep one's mind on
- knuckle down
- launch into
- occupy oneself with
- pitch in
- plunge into
- put one's hand to the plow
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- set to
- swing into action
- take the bull by the horns
- throw
- turn
verbas incontend
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verbas incontest
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verbas indebate
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verbas indisagree
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verbas inembark on
verbas inenter
verbas inpettifog
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verbas inpitch in
verbas inquarrel
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verbas inquibble
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verbas intake up
Example Sentences
Itching for a robust little set-to, they rode around waving the California Republic’s Bear Flag — which by then was a states’ rights symbol.
Black leaders and groups sponsored the first Black float, “Freedom Bursts Forth,” for the 1964 parade, after a very public set-to over the parade’s absence of people of color.
The three-issue set-to opened in Marvel Mystery Comics No. 8 and is an early example of the Marvel motto “to reflect the world outside your window.”
To date, the lesson from the set-to — that publishing a senator arguing that federal troops could be deployed against rioters is unacceptable — will forever circumscribe what issues opinion sections are allowed to address.
The set-to in this case was between those who applauded the “Memoria” strategy as a defense of the aesthetic superiority of going to the movies and those who scorned it as elitist and exclusionary.
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Related Words
Words related toset-to are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the wordset-to. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.
altercationnounas infight, often verbal
nounas infight, often verbal
argueverbas inverbally fight
verbas inverbally fight
- altercate
- bandy
- battle
- bicker
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- contend
- cross
- cross swords
- disagree
- dispute
- face down
- face-off
- feud
- gang up on
- get in one's face
- go one-on-one
- hammer
- hammer away/hammer into
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have at each other
- have at it
- jump
- jump on
- knock about/knock around
- lock horns
- mix it up
- pettifog
- pick an argument
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- quarrel
- quibble
- rehash
- row
- sass
- set-to
- sock it to
- squabble
- stick it to
- talk back
- wrangle
arguesverbas inverbally fight
verbas inverbally fight
- altercate
- bandy
- battle
- bicker
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- contend
- cross
- cross swords
- disagree
- dispute
- face down
- face-off
- feud
- gang up on
- get in one's face
- hammer
- hammer away/hammer into
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have at each other
- have at it
- jump
- jump on
- knock about/knock around
- lock horns
- mix it up
- pettifog
- pick an argument
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- quarrel
- quibble
- rehash
- row
- sass
- set-to
- sock it to
- squabble
- stick it to
- talk back
- wrangle
arguingverbas inverbally fight
verbas inverbally fight
- altercate
- bandy
- battle
- bicker
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- contend
- cross
- cross swords
- disagree
- dispute
- face down
- face-off
- feud
- gang up on
- get in one's face
- hammer
- hammer away/hammer into
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have at each other
- have at it
- jump
- jump on
- knock about/knock around
- lock horns
- mix it up
- pettifog
- pick an argument
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- quarrel
- quibble
- rehash
- row
- sass
- set-to
- sock it to
- squabble
- stick it to
- talk back
- wrangle
argumentnounas inverbal fight
nounas inverbal fight
- altercation
- beef
- bickering
- blowup
- bone
- bone of contention
- bone to pick
- brannigan
- brawl
- brush
- clash
- controversy
- crusher
- debate
- difference of opinion
- disagreement
- dispute
- donnybrook
- dustup
- exchange
- face-off
- falling-out
- feud
- finisher
- flap
- fuss
- gin
- go
- hassle
- knock-down-drag-out
- knockdown
- out
- quarrel
- rhubarb
- romp
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- run-in
- scene
- scrap
- set-to
- shindy
- spat
- squabble
- static
- stew
- tiff
- words
- wrangle
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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