Definitions
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- v. To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing.
- v. To go out, leave.
- v. To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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With Ghrovlatrei and Dillone providing covering fire if needed, the two Starfleet officers had set out in search of Mogad.
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Under the headline “2-year-old Girl Bussed by Neil,” the story began by explaining that Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins were about to set out for Buckingham Palace and an audience with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
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In a 2005 study, six researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville set out to discover whether mice exposed to organochlorine pesticides would be more prone to develop autoimmune disease.
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Ishmael had already concluded that the Bolt brothers had begun the evening at Lottie's and were fairly well flown before they set out for the mill.
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Régis, Jartoux, and Fr. Ernbert Fridelli, from the Austrian Tyrol, set out for the northeast.
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After a pilgrimage to Chaise Dieu, he set out in October, 1096, entrusting the care of his dominions to his son Bertrand.
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Sirbonian Bog, on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and the south-west extremity of Chanaan, but this theory is untenable because contrary not only to the statements of the Biblical narratives but also to the recent discoveries which have settled the position of Gessen, whence the Israelites set out for Palestine.
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Nevertheless, in 2005, in research unrelated to the Buffalo lupus cluster, researchers set out to discover whether one of the additional legacies of lead hidden in our environment might be that it also tampers with the human immune system.
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The following morning, while Cormac was on his daily visit to the hospital, Nora and Elizabeth set out again for the caves at Port na Rón.
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In 1637 he set out on foot for Italy, and found work with the duke's cabinet-maker in Florence.
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