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What does set about mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word set about? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To initiate or begin some action.
  2. To attack.
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On the following day conditions were better and everyone set about striking camp with a will.
On an unseasonally nippy May Tuesday, two women, a man and a young girl wheeling a baby's buggy, set about cracking open the votes in Kinsealy.
De Jong set about tracking down the original owner of the picture by going through the white pages.
When this deal is out of the way we will then set about floating the company on the gray market.
I slammed the kitchen door on the pair of them and set about icing my cake.
As I set about planing, jointing, gluing and sanding the pieces, I also began a creative argument with the wood.

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