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Meanings of set back in English

Portuguese
adiar
Spanish
aplazar

Hold back to a later time.

      adiar

      Cost a certain amount.

            Usage of set back in English
            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
            Spanish
            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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