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sets in train

sets in train is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set in train.

Meaning of set in train

Verb

set in train (third-person singular simple present sets in train, present participle setting in train, simple past and past participle set in train)

  1. To start a process.
    • Elaborate preparations for the war of October, 1973, were then set in train, with full Soviet participation, behind a brilliantly executed program of deception and surprise.1978, Clark M. Clifford, Eugene Victor Rostow, Barbara Wertheim Tuchman, The Palestine Question in American History, page 97
    Synonyms:
    put in train

Questions about sets in train

What is sets in train the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sets in train is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set in train.

Words near sets in train in the dictionary

  1. sets forwards
  2. sets free
  3. sets in
  4. sets in motion
  5. sets in stone
  6. sets in train
  7. sets light
  8. sets loose
  9. sets of pipes
  10. sets of wheels
  11. sets off

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