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set back

verb

1 set back

Hold back to a later time.

synonyms: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, shelve, table.

Dutch: aanhouden, opschuiven, temporiseren, uitstellen, verschuiven, vertragen

2 set back

Slow down the progress of; hinder.

3 set back

Cost a certain amount.

synonyms: knock back, put back.


adjective

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: arrest, backpedal, backwater, bog down, bottle up, brake, bridle, check, clip the wings, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, countercheck, curb, curtail, dam up, damp, dampen ... show more.

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