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setting about

phrase , present participle of set about

Synonyms and Antonyms of setting about

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

He set about making dinner while his husband ran out for wine.

Synonyms of setting about

beginning, commencing, embarking (on or upon), entering (into or upon), falling (to), getting off, kicking off, launching, leading off, opening, starting, striking (into)

Words Related to setting about

creating, generating, inaugurating, initiating, innovating, inventing, originating

adopting, embracing, taking on, taking up

establishing, fathering, founding, instituting, organizing, pioneering, setting up, spawning

getting around (to), getting down (to), getting round (to)

Phrases Synonymous with setting about

getting going, getting to

Near Antonyms of setting about

ceasing, desisting, discontinuing, halting, knocking off, laying off, quitting, stopping

closing, completing

abandoning, forsaking, leaving

abolishing, demolishing, destroying, exterminating, extinguishing, phasing out

Antonyms of setting about

concluding, ending, finishing, terminating

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