SET (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) BACK


Meaning of SET (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) BACK in English

set somebody/something back phrasal verb ( see also ↑ set )

1 . set somebody/something ↔ back to delay the progress or development of something, or delay someone from finishing something:

Environmental experts said the move would set back further research.

Illness had set me back a couple of weeks.

2 . informal to cost someone a lot of money

set somebody back $50/£100 etc

This jacket set me back over £1,000.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.