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Meanings of set back in anglès

portuguès
adiar
espanyol
aplazar

Hold back to a later time.

adiar

Cost a certain amount.

Synonyms
Examples for "knock back"
Examples for "knock back"
1
Turn out the dough again, then knock back to expel the air.
The Guardian
2
The questions are just gentle lobs for him to knock back.
The Irish Times
3
We could order out, maybe knock back some enchiladas and margaritas?
Monday Mourning
4
In January 1995, we had to knock back any suggestion of taxing private schools.
A journey: my political life
5
All Lawson needed was a good leg, and something to knock back the pain.
Shadowlight
1
Parties may however opt to put back the process to next week.
The Irish Times
2
Madame Fontaine put back the necklace in the drawer of her toilette-table.
Jezebel's Daughter
3
Let us not speak of it; grief cannot put back the dial.
Zanoni
4
In the meantime the Brutus had put back, blowing her whistle inquiringly.
The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
5
She put back the Flask, and locked the cover of the casing.
Armadale
Usage of set back in anglès
1
We have suffered a set back and we have taken strong action.
The Guardian
2
Yes, hosting friends will set back your bank account in the short-term.
Reuters
3
He said he expected talks would be set back for some time.
Reuters
4
Now those plans would be set back if the AIA deal fails.
Reuters
5
The house was set back from it not more than twenty feet.
Quicksilver
6
Business owner Sunny Kaushal said the fire is a big set back.
Radio NZ
7
As well as being unfair, that could set back India's economic development.
Reuters
8
It was a large and comfortable estate set back from the road.
The red door
9
The house was set back in the trees, as if hiding there.
The Girl Who Cried Monster
10
Further, the group's increased investment appetite could set back its improved leverage.
Reuters
11
But it was set back from the road, the inner courtyard empty.
Rise
12
It has repeatedly been set back and now looks unlikely before 2019.
The Guardian
13
This charming Victorian property is set back from Park Avenue in Sandymount.
The Irish Times
14
The study period that night at Brighton was set back an hour.
The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet
15
His eyes were melancholy, and were set back deep under his brow.
My Antonia
16
Without Earth, the race would be set back five hundred-maybefive thousand-years
The Measure of a Man
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Translations for set back
espanyol
aplazar
Set back through the time
Set back across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
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