"set the cat among the pigeons" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sets the cat among the pigeons [present, singular, third-person], setting the cat among the pigeons [participle, present], set the cat among the pigeons [participle, past], set the cat among the pigeons [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> the cat among the pigeons}} set the cat among the pigeons (third-person singular simple present sets the cat among the pigeons, present participle setting the cat among the pigeons, simple past and past participle set the cat among the pigeons)
  1. Alternative form of put the cat among the pigeons Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: put the cat among the pigeons

Inflected forms

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