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61set (your) face against something — set (your) face against (something/doing something) formal to be determined not to do something. Despite fierce competition from rival companies, they ve set their face against price cuts …
62set (your) face against doing something — set (your) face against (something/doing something) formal to be determined not to do something. Despite fierce competition from rival companies, they ve set their face against price cuts …
63set (your) face against — (something/doing something) formal to be determined not to do something. Despite fierce competition from rival companies, they ve set their face against price cuts …
64set your face against somebody — set your face against sb/sth idiom (especially BrE) to be determined to oppose sb/sth • Her father had set his face against the marriage. Main entry: ↑faceidiom …
65set*/*/*/ — [set] (past tense and past participle set) verb I 1) [T] to put someone or something in a position, or to be in a particular place or position Tea s ready, he told them and set down the tray.[/ex] She set the baby on the floor to play.[/ex] 2)… …
66Set — (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next is likely …
67Against All Odds (N-Dubz album) — Against All Odds Studio album by N Dubz Released 13 November 2009 (Ireland …
68set oneself against — To oppose • • • Main Entry: ↑set …
69set off (something) — 1. to cause an explosion. The investigation determined that he probably did not set off the blast deliberately. Apparently the bomb was placed in a locker and someone set it off with a cell phone. 2. to cause something to be noticed or make it… …
70set off against — index contrast Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
