Definition of "set back" []

• Football An offensive back who lines up behind the quarterback. (noun)

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• "Rain was falling on Spanish Lake, and fog rolled off the water and hung in the trees and smudged the lit windows in the houses set back from the road."
• "It was lovely as the sun set, with the Ming Temple set back among the pines."
• "I was facing a small lawn decorated with shrubbery and azalea bushes, set back maybe fifty feet from the sidewalk between First and Second Avenues."