set after
set after · sets after · set after · setting after
To begin a chase or hunt forTo begin a chase or hunt for (someone or something).
» We will set off after the morning prayer.
Meaning
1 sensesTo begin a chase or hunt for (someone or something).
Examples
8 sentencesWe will set off after the morning prayer.
He was set free after doing five years in prison.
I hear he was set free after doing five years in prison.
We'll set off after breakfast.
deWir fahren nach dem Frühstück los.
Rigor mortis sets in soon after death.
deNach dem Tode setzt bald die Leichenstarre ein.
Forms
sets after, setting after, set after, set after| Base form | set after · to set after |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sets after |
| Present participle | setting after |
| Past simple | set after |
| Past participle | set after |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- set upвставити, вкластиTo make ready for use.
- set offдістати, отримуватиTo leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
- set outприбрати, видалитиTo explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing.
- set onатакувати, нападатиTo attack.
- set downприземлитися, приземлятисяTo write.
- set backвідкласти, відкладатиTo delay or obstruct.
- set aboutприступити до, приступати доUsed with the adverb sense of about.
- set apartвідокремити, розділятиTo select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
More 8
- set asideвідмовити, відкинутиTo separate and reserve something for a specific purpose.
- set aheadпросувати, просунутиTo move forward, often in reference to the time setting on a clock.
- set inTo take root, become established.
- set afterTo begin a chase or hunt for (someone or something).
- set toTo begin something with determination; to commence a long and difficult task or project.
- set byTo save or put aside.
- set forwardTo put or carry (something) forward.
- set againstTo cause (a person) to be in conflict or opposition with someone or something.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb