SET SOMEONE/THING BACK

Meaning of SET SOMEONE/THING BACK in English

1》 delay or impede the progress of someone or something.

2》 informal cost someone a particular amount of money.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THING — I. ˈthiŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, thing, assembly, reason; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THING — thing 1 /thing/ , n. 1. a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object. 2. some entity, object, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SET — /set/ , v. , set, setting , n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SET — I. ˈset verb ( set ; set·ting ) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THING — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, thing, assembly; akin to Old High German ding thing, assembly, Gothic theihs time …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THING — noun a portion or part; something. 2. thing ·noun a transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed. 3. thing ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SET
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THING — / θɪŋ; NAmE / noun OBJECT 1. [ C ] an object whose name you do not use because you …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — / set; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( set·ting , set , set ) PUT / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THING — thing S1 W1 /θɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'meeting, council, thing' ] 1 . IDEA/ACTION/FEELING/FACT …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SET — I. set 1 S1 W1 /set/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle set , present participle setting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BACK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THING — n. 1 a material or non-material entity, idea, action, etc., that is or may be thought about or perceived. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BACK
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THING — n. 1 a material or non-material entity, idea, action, etc., that is or may be thought about or perceived. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BACK
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THING — n.1 a material or non-material entity, idea, action, etc., that is or may be thought about or perceived. 2 an …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
SET — I. NOUN USES /set/ ( sets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THING — ( things) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You can use thing …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THING — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You can use ~ to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THING
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
SET — (POSITION) [verb] [T usually + adverb or preposition] setting, past set - to put (something) in the stated place or …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THING — See: A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS A DANGEROUS THING, DO ONE'S THING or DO ONE'S OWN THING, FIRST THINGS COME FIRST, …
Slang English vocab
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
THING — INDEX: 1. a thing 2. several things of different types 3. what you say when you do not know the …
Longman Activator English vocab
THING — See ↑ CHARACTER 2,6, ↑ DETAIL 1, ↑ DO/NOT DO 7, ↑ HAPPEN 7, ↑ SUBJECT 1, ↑ THING 1,3 …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — INDEX: back/backwards 1. moving backwards 2. to move backwards 3. to make a vehicle go backwards the back of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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