"set out as" is a correct phrase in written English and it can be used to indicate the beginning of an action or plan.
For example: We set out as a team with a mission to improve customer service.
The goal is to have vibrant young plants ready to be set out as soon as the ground is warm in mid to late May.
The goal is to have vibrant young tomato plants ready to be set out as soon as the ground is warm in mid to late May.
Have a few bags of chips, or other snack items set out, as well as a cooler full of ice, a variety of drinks.
From the business plan you created before starting your cattle operation, carry through with the various operational and strategic plans you had set out as best as possible.
"We set out, as an ad blocker, to try and be a positive force in the media landscape," says Williams.
Snacks are set out as in SoHo: carrots, celery, almonds, hummus, dark chocolate.
"We have set out as a team to try and achieve high standards.
Labour's dispersal of power, had it been set out as a blueprint, would have appeared revolutionary.
"It wasn't like he set out as a project to write a protest song".
My own garden was never set out as a place for nature.
He set out as a privileged person expecting to be heard, and ended as a privileged person surprised by backlash.
