Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.
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Examples for "set "
1 Also read: 'Mandela Fridays' set to become a reality across South Africa
2 He will 'attempt' to set up a 'committee' to 'study' the matter.
3 Russia is also set to help build Turkey's first nuclear power plant.
4 Personal debt levels are what set Ireland apart in this financial crisis.
5 A euro zone budget would set exactly the wrong incentives, Lambsdorff said.
1 The moment was too good; I wasn't quite ready to leave yet.
2 The region's police commissioner said officers were ready for the new rules.
3 The ready - to - wear clothes industry, New York's major industry, is almost exclusively Jewish.
4 I shall need him ready a good hour before dawn, maybe more.
5 There's only one problem: Galileo won't be ready for another four years.
1 Social workers prepare to investigate a record number of child abuse cases.
2 Unfortunately, however, families rarely prepare for an aging parent's future care needs.
3 I truly appreciate the challenge and the responsibility to prepare future communicators.
4 Consultant psychiatrists also carry out independent medical examinations and prepare case reports.
5 He urged the public to prepare for severe weather conditions all week.
1 Wellington Water said it hoped to find and fix the problem today.
2 Their message is loud and clear: fix the broken food aid system.
3 I really want the new government to help fix this, Gorneena said.
4 He said the market would not fix the problem at the moment.
5 The report said Premier had taken appropriate actions to fix the problems.
1 He will 'attempt' to set up a 'committee' to 'study' the matter.
2 I think the way the golf course is set up is great.
3 He wants to leave Europe, set up people's tribunals, halve public employees.
4 To end the crisis, they agreed to set up a power-sharing government.
5 It has also set up military courts to handle national security cases.
1 Next year, South Africa will gear up for the Elections 2019 campaign.
2 Work out some kind of...uh... gear up , you know, plan with our...additional staff.
3 Some half-listen as they gear up in great haste to take office.
4 The area boasted around 150 routes before Alan started humping gear up .
5 Back in Mantle, she set the brass gear up above the fireplace.
6 Field also says the pilots were wise to leave the landing gear up .
7 I am not sure I would gear up for it myself, she added.
8 The other Feds were carrying their gear up the loading ramp.
9 Well, it looks like folks better gear up for all-red everything!
10 Tau's rallying call comes as the opposition party gear up for their Election Congress.
11 I gear up for yet another complication, and sure enough, opposing counsel doesn't disappoint.
12 But the Senate has only recently begun to gear up for dealing with reforms.
13 Or, gear up for water activities like snorkeling and swimming.
14 Intimate, off-guard images of acclaimed actors as they gear up to go on stage.
15 Then he would haul their gear up one line while Tinkerbell ascended the other.
16 Instead of going home to gear up , he drove directly to his mother's house.
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This collocation consists of: Gear up across language varieties