See set to work on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 53",
"text": "Accordingly, Mitchell and his fireman, apparently without removing the engine from the up line, set to work and disconnected the motion on the defective side, after which Fireman Richardson, who probably had done the lion's share of the work, betook himself to the refreshment room and had a cup of coffee.",
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To begin working."
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"text": "I set the pump to work getting the water out of the basement.",
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"ref": "1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 640",
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"(transitive) To cause to begin working."
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