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What does set down mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To write.
  2. (transitive) To fix; to establish; to ordain.
  3. (transitive) To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying; to allow passengers to alight.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To humiliate.
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I myself am lifted onto another stretcher, carried into the ambulance, and set down beside Michael.
The dozens of sports that set down this weekend left a wake of destruction and ruin.
After the silence continues, the golden-haired woman set down her coffee and stepped behind her husband, resting her arms around him.
If you set down a face card, an ace, or a joker, then next person has a certain number of chances to set down one of those cards.
The appeal was not set down until 17th June, so at best the application was just under two months late, and at worst three months late.
At last I could knit a few rows, enjoy the process and then set down the needles.

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