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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  set about
       v 1: begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult
            problem"; "approach a new project" [syn: go about, approach]
       2: enter upon an activity or enterprise [syn: undertake, attempt]
       3: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We
          began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as
          soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to
          arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's
          get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start
          out, start, set out, commence] [ant: end]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  set about
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (''χωρίς παθητική φωνή'') βάζω να, αρχίζω να κάνω κάτι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  set about
     vb.
     1 To initiate or begin some action.
     2 To attack.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  set about
     vb.
     1 To initiate or begin some action.
     2 To attack.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  set about
     vb.
     1 To initiate or begin some action.
     2 To attack.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  set about
     vb.
     1 To initiate or begin some action.
     2 To attack.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  set about
     Englanti vb.
     ryhtyä (tekemään jotain innokkaasti t. tarmokkaasti)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  set about /sˈɛt ɐbˈaʊt/
  dát se do

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  set about /sˈɛt ɐbˈaʊt/
  pustit se do

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  set about /sˈɛt ɐbˈaʊt/
   [id] začínat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  set about /sˈɛt ɐbˈaʊt/
  angegangen, sich gemacht an, sich drangemacht, darangegangen, in Angriff genommen
     Synonyms: made a start, set to, got to work, got down, got going, embarked
  
   see: make a start on sth., set about sth., set to sth., get to work on sth., get down to sth., get going on sth., embark on sth., making a start on, setting about, setting to, getting to work, getting down, getting going, embarking, get (down) to work
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  set about /sˈɛt ɐbˈaʊt/
  hermachen [sich] , herfallen über 
     Synonym: pitch into
  
   see: setting about, pitching into, set about, pitched into
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  set about /sˈɛt ɐbˈaʊt/
  hergemacht, hergefallen über
     Synonym: pitched into
  
   see: set about, pitch into, setting about, pitching into
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  set about /sˈɛt ɐbˈaʊt/ 
  1. käydä kimppuun, käydä päälle
  to attack
  2. alkaa, aloittaa, ryhtyä
  to initiate or begin some action

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "set about":
     accept, assume, attack, attempt, begin, blast away, blast off,
     buckle to, commence, dive in, dive into, embark in, embark upon,
     endeavor, engage in, enter on, enter upon, fall into, fall to,
     get busy, get cracking, get going, get to, get under way,
     get with it, go about, go ahead, go at, go in for, go into,
     go to it, go upon, have at, head into, hop to it, jump off,
     jump to it, kick off, launch forth, launch into, lay about,
     light into, move into, pitch in, pitch into, plunge into,
     proceed to, sail into, send off, set at, set forward, set going,
     set in, set out, set sail, set to, set to work, start, start in,
     start off, start out, tackle, take off, take on, take up, turn to,
     undertake, venture upon, wade into
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  开始;散布(谣言等)

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     着手开始做

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