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Meanings of set the timer in English

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Usage of set the timer in English
1
You set the timer really low and then play chess really fast.
Rock and Ice Magazine
2
She placed the food container in the microwave and set the timer.
Tough customer: a novel
3
Wouldn't he have to take it off and set the timer first?
Evanly bodies
4
He set the timer on his watch and dropped the pin again.
The Fall of Reach
5
He stuck it in the microwave and set the timer to three minutes.
Arctic chill
6
Locklear set the timer for three seconds, and punched the countdown.
First Strike
7
You adjust a gauge, put on the lid, set the timer.
The Elephant Vanishes
8
Unfortunately, when Mark tried to set the timer on the device, it wouldn't start.
Sword of god
9
He set the timer and skewered it into the putty.
The accident man
10
I popped it in the microwave and set the timer.
Dead to the world
11
Marcel showed me how to fill and seal the capsule and set the timer.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
12
Why did he set the timer on the drive, then?
The Highest Treason
13
After measuring the ground coffee into the filter, he set the timer for seven o'clock.
Silent killer
14
And I'm gonna set the timer for 20 minutes.
The new yorker
15
He set the timer for three hours, and relaxed.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
16
She closed the microwave's door and set the timer.
Mine
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Set the timer through the time
Set the timer across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common