what does set up mean?
SET UP as VERB
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- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
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- Get the children ready for school!
- prepare for war
- I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- get ready for a particular purpose or event
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- set up an experiment
- set the table
- lay out the tools for the surgery
Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- equip with sails, masts, etc.
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Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.
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- arrange my schedule
- set up one’’s life
- I put these memories with those of bygone times
Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- put into a proper or systematic order
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- arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- install the washer and dryer
- We put in a new sink
Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
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- The scientists set up a shockwave
Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- make by putting pieces together
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- She pieced a quilt
- He tacked together some verses
Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- construct, build, or erect
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Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
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Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- She set up a literacy program
Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
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Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- take or catch as if in a snare or trap
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- I was set up!
- The innocent man was framed by the police
Hypernyms(s) set up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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SET UP as ADJECTIVE
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- well established and ready to function
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- things I can do now that I”m set up
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