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setting (to)

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present participle of set (to)

Synonyms & Antonyms of setting (to)

as in settling (down), knuckling down

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for setting (to)

knuckling down,
settling (down)

readdressing,
reapplying

busying,
committing,
concerning,
engaging,
involving

addressing,
applying,
bending,
buckling,
devoting,
giving

exerting,
exhausting,
putting out,
spending,
straining,
stressing,
taxing,
troubling,
wearing out

carrying on,
pitching in,
plunging (in)

grinding,
humping,
hustling,
pegging (away),
plodding,
plowing,
plugging (away),
working

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for setting (to)

dallying,
dawdling,
dillydallying,
fiddling (around),
fooling around,
idling,
messing around,
monkeying (around),
playing,
pottering (around),
puttering (around),
trifling

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Thesaurus Entries Near setting (to)

setting straight

setting (to)

setting up

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“Setting (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/setting%20%28to%29. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.

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