Definition of "to set about" []

• (adverb)
• To commence; to begin. (verb-intransitive)

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• "We can substitute for the regime of "Nature red in tooth and claw with ravin" the regime of man the creator, knowing what he wishes to be and how to set about to be it."
• "Maniacs like Spring don't stand on ceremony for mere governors - four quick strides and he had me on the veranda, and as he almost threw me down the steps to the shadowy garden my one thought was that he was going to set about me in one of his berserk rages - I could guess why, too, so I wrenched clear, babbling."
• "In exactly a month his ship docked at Portae Alexandreia, and he had to set about finding mounts for his servants."