Definition
To begin working.
To begin working at.
In Context
- "As soon as he got home, he went to his desk and set to work."
- "Every day he sets to work at the new assignments."
- "Accordingly, Mitchell and his fireman, apparently without removing the engine from the up line, set to work and disconnected the motion on the defective side, after which Fireman Richardson, who probably had done the lion's share of the work, betook himself to the refreshment room and had a cup of coffee."
- "As soon as I could, I set to work making the entries."
- "The Crescent Road sheds had a favourite locomotive - Stanier 4MT tank engine 42626 (known by Bolton locomen as 'two half-dollars') - and the shed authorities quietly arranged for it to be put to one side for a few days, while the ardent schoolboys set to work cleaning it."