set-to

1. 1.

   a brief but vigorous fight

   Broaderfight

Questions about set-to

What does set-to mean?

set-to means "a brief but vigorous fight".

How many syllables are in set-to?

set-to has 2 syllables and divides as set--to under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is set-to a common word?

set-to is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.