{v.} 1. To cause to put off or get behind schedule; slow up; check. * /The cold weather set back the planting by two weeks./ 2. {informal} To cause to pay out or to lose (a sum of money); cost. * /His new car set him back over 3000./
SET BACK
Meaning of SET BACK in English
Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012