set to work in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "set to work < → δείτε τις λέξεις set, to και work",
  "form_of": [
    {
      "word": "get to work"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "set to work",
      "source": "header"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He set to work learning English.",
          "translation": "Βάλθηκα να μάθει αγγλικά."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "βάλθηκα να, αρχίζω"
      ],
      "id": "el-set_to_work-en-phrase-py196KZT",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "set to work"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "set to work < → δείτε τις λέξεις set, to και work",
  "form_of": [
    {
      "word": "get to work"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "set to work",
      "source": "header"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ιδιωματισμοί (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He set to work learning English.",
          "translation": "Βάλθηκα να μάθει αγγλικά."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "βάλθηκα να, αρχίζω"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "ιδιωματισμός"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "set to work"
}

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"set to work" meaning in English

Phrase

Inflected forms