set against
phrasal verb
set against; setting against; sets against
: feeling strongly that one does not want (something) or will not do (something)
Everyone was set against going.
He was dead set against the deal.
Examples of set against in a Sentence
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Left-hander Logan Allen, the only ex-FIU player currently in the majors, will be in Miami this weekend when his Cleveland Guardians play a three-game set against the Marlins.
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
Much like Selling Sunset, the show features tours inside multimillion-pound mansions set against reality-TV drama between DDRE’s glamorous agents.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
The film is set against the backdrop of collective scars left by the country’s 1992-2002 civil war, known as the Black Decade.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 May 2024
All of this set against the backdrop of a vivacious London in the middle of a sizzling heat wave.
—Kirsty Greenwood, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
Baltimore was swept in a three-game series versus the Detroit Tigers, dropped the first three of a four-game set against the New York Yankees and then won the final contest on Anthony Santander’s three-run, walk-off homer to start the streak.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
There is red banquet seating set against Tuscan yellow walls.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 21 May 2024
The adaptation is described as a coming-of-age tale set against the idyllic Italian countryside.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
The process took time, as the filmmaker wrote at a deliberate and emotionally acute pace, imbuing each page with playful language and the pained irony of a rich inner life set against a more mundane existence.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 14 May 2024
Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
Much like Selling Sunset, the show features tours inside multimillion-pound mansions set against reality-TV drama between DDRE’s glamorous agents.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
The film is set against the backdrop of collective scars left by the country’s 1992-2002 civil war, known as the Black Decade.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 May 2024
All of this set against the backdrop of a vivacious London in the middle of a sizzling heat wave.
—Kirsty Greenwood, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
Baltimore was swept in a three-game series versus the Detroit Tigers, dropped the first three of a four-game set against the New York Yankees and then won the final contest on Anthony Santander’s three-run, walk-off homer to start the streak.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
There is red banquet seating set against Tuscan yellow walls.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 21 May 2024
The adaptation is described as a coming-of-age tale set against the idyllic Italian countryside.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 May 2024
The process took time, as the filmmaker wrote at a deliberate and emotionally acute pace, imbuing each page with playful language and the pained irony of a rich inner life set against a more mundane existence.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 14 May 2024
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“Set against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20against. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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