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1. 动身;出发;启程
When you set out, you start a journey.
2. 开始;着手
If you set out to do something, you start trying to do it.
3. 安排;摆放;陈列
If you set things out, you arrange or display them somewhere.
4. (清晰而有条理地)陈述，阐述，说明
If you set out a number of facts, beliefs, or arguments, you explain them in writing or speech in a clear, organized way.
1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
e.g. We began working at dawn
Who will start?
Get working as soon as the sun rises!
The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
He began early in the day
Let's get down to work now
Synonym: get downbegingetstart outstartset aboutcommence
2. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
e.g. lay out the clothes
lay out the arguments
3. leave
e.g. The family took off for Florida