Thesaurus results for SETS DOWN

sets down

verb

present tense third-person singular of set down

as in sits

to cause to sit down set the toddler down in her seat

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as in logs

to make a written note of set down the names of those in attendance

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as in considers

to think of in a particular way early in the campaign, voters set the senator down as an opportunist, and the perception stuck

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Recent Examples of sets down With the win, Fonseca, 19, became the first teenager to ever beat Djokovic in a Grand Slam event and the second player to ever come back from being two sets down to beat the Serbian tennis legend, according to Reuters. —

Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 Jodar, meantime, came from two sets down against 34-year-old Pablo Carreno Busta to win in five sets, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. —

Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 In his first match against Djokovic, and his first on one of the four biggest Grand Slam courts, Fonseca, 19, became only the second man to beat the 24-time Grand Slam champion from two sets down. —

Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 29 May 2026 The texture starts creamy and then sets down into a blurred finish. —

Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 Dec. 2025 Then there’s Peg, who arrives in a bomb-diffusion suit and sets down a ticking bomb. —

Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025 Alcaraz also won the 2025 French Open, coming back from two sets down to triumph over Sinner in what many are calling one of the greatest matches ever played. —

Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025 Back in June, Alcaraz mounted a historic comeback after being two sets down and facing three championship points against Sinner in one of the greatest men’s French Open finals ever. —

Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025

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Verb

The canyon sits within the larger Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area—120,000 acres of land with five different climatic zones, ranging from alpine to high desert.

— Meghan Palmer, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Beasley, who played in MLS with the Chicago Fire and Houston Dynamo along with four stops in Europe (PSV, Rangers, Manchester City and Hannover 96), and a trip to Mexico (Puebla), sits alone as the only male to appear in four FIFA World Cups for the USMNT.

— Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 7 June 2026