set about

Questions about set about

What does set about mean?

set about means "begin to deal with". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for set about?

Close synonyms include go about, approach, undertake, attempt, get down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is set about a common word?

set about is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.