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setting in train

setting in train is the present participle and gerund 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 setting in train

What is setting in train the present participle and gerund of?
Setting in train is the present participle and gerund of set in train.

Words near setting in train in the dictionary

  1. setting forwards
  2. setting free
  3. setting in
  4. setting in motion
  5. setting in stone
  6. setting in train
  7. setting light
  8. setting loose
  9. setting off
  10. setting on
  11. setting on a pedestal

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