set out meaning and definition

SET OUT verb

Definition of set out (verb)

1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
   • "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
   • synonyms: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, start, start out
   • antonym: end
2. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
   • "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
   • synonyms: array, lay out, range
3. leave
   • "The family took off for Florida"
   • synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set off, start, start out, take off