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set in meaning

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  • VerbSGsets inPRsetting in
    1. To take root, become established.
      1. That was the point at which the rot set in.
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    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.
      • Leave it unchurned and it’ll set in a solid block.
      • The result, a noirish tale of sex and betrayal set in a midwestern garage-diner, hurtles towards its denouement with unimprovably entertaining velocity.
    2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
      • Set in Amritsar, “Rab” reteams the director Aditya Chopra with Shahrukh Khan, Hindi cinema's reigning superstar, and the two deftly and winningly blend comedy and melodrama.

Meaning of set in for the defined word.

Grammatically, this idiom "set in" is a phrase, more specifically, a phrasal verb. It's also a verb, more specifically, a phrasal verb.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Phrases
      • Phrasal verbs
        • Phrasal verbs with particle (in)
      • Verbs
        • Phrasal verbs
          • Phrasal verbs with particle (in)
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