"set-to" meaning in All languages combined

See set-to on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: set-tos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} set-to (plural set-tos)
  1. (colloquial) A fight. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-set-to-en-noun-MFJq-0PA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "set-tos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "set-to (plural set-tos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1887, George Manville Fenn, Devon Boys:",
          "text": "[…] we two had never had a serious quarrel, though I had had many a set-to with other lads, and had twice over given Bob Chowne black eyes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fight."
      ],
      "id": "en-set-to-en-noun-MFJq-0PA",
      "links": [
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) A fight."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "set-to"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "set-tos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "set-to (plural set-tos)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1887, George Manville Fenn, Devon Boys:",
          "text": "[…] we two had never had a serious quarrel, though I had had many a set-to with other lads, and had twice over given Bob Chowne black eyes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fight."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) A fight."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "set-to"
}

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