Definition of "set out" [set out]

• To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing. (verb)
• To go out, leave. (verb)
• To start an activity with the intention of finishing it. (verb)

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• "With Ghrovlatrei and Dillone providing covering fire if needed, the two Starfleet officers had set out in search of Mogad."
• "In a 2005 study, six researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville set out to discover whether mice exposed to organochlorine pesticides would be more prone to develop autoimmune disease."
• "Nevertheless, in 2005, in research unrelated to the Buffalo lupus cluster, researchers set out to discover whether one of the additional legacies of lead hidden in our environment might be that it also tampers with the human immune system."