set out

Verb

Meaning

lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

leave

Source: WordNet

set-out

range start begin array depart commence part set forth set about start out lay out get down sally state take

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end close avoid arrive conclude cease

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leave arrange set up go away go forth

attack fall enter launch embark plunge

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him. Marlene Dietrich

But how foolish it is to set out one's life, when one is not even owner of tomorrow! Seneca

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened. Lawrence Durrell

Don't set out on a journey using someone else's donkey. Somali Proverb

Set out wisely at first; custom will make every virtue more easy and pleasant to you than any vice can be. English Proverb

Curses are like processions: they return to whence they set out. Italian Proverb