Verb: set out set awt
- Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"They set out early in the morning";
- get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about
- Head for somewhere else
"The family set out for Florida";
- depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, take off
- Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
"set out the clothes";
- range, array, lay out
Derived forms: setting out, set out, sets out
See also: lay
Type of: act, arrange, go away, go forth, leave, move, off [informal], set up