set-to

• Boys and men were spectators of a real scientific set-to, a lovely show. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
• 'It was a real set-to, wasn't it?' said Birkin, looking at Gerald with darkened eyes. —  Women in Love
• 'Come on, you valiant man and true, I'd like to have a set-to along of you!' —  The Story of the Treasure Seekers
• I had quite a set-to with him one day in the gym. " —  The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up
• Briton lay on the ground, where, after a sharp set-to and a black eye, he had been thrown by his cool opponent. —  Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark

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