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set up one's rest

set up one's rest verb: to have a settled determination.

Verb

set up one's rest (third-person singular simple present sets up one's rest, present participle setting up one's rest, simple past and past participle set up one's rest)

  1. (obsolete) To have a settled determination.

Forms of set up one's rest

third-person singular presentsets up one's rest
present participlesetting up one's rest
past participleset up one's rest
pastset up one's rest
alternative formset one's rest

Origin of set up one's rest

From an old card game in which the phrase described a player's intention to stand or rest upon his hand.

Questions about set up one's rest

What does set up one's rest mean?
Set up one's rest means to have a settled determination.
What part of speech is set up one's rest?
Set up one's rest is a verb.
What is the past tense of set up one's rest?
The past tense of set up one's rest is set up one's rest.

Words near set up one's rest in the dictionary

  1. set top box
  2. set top boxes
  3. set up
  4. set up camp
  5. set up one's bristles
  6. set up one's rest
  7. set up one's staff
  8. set up shop
  9. set up someone's birse
  10. set up to oneself
  11. set upon

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