SET-TO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does set-to mean? 

• SET-TO (noun)
  The noun SET-TO has 1 sense:

1. a brief but vigorous fight

  Familiarity information: SET-TO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SET-TO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief but vigorous fight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("set-to" is a kind of...):

combat; fight; fighting; scrap (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle)

 Context examples 

We had a famous set-to at rat-hunting all the morning in my father's great barns; and he played his part so well that I have liked him the better ever since.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)