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setting back
verb
Present participle of set back
Exact(58)
Go back to the Settings menu on your device and turn the automatic time and date setting back on.
"They were just setting back in the paint," Felton said.
And suddenly I was accused of setting back women's causes.
Munro said his death hit Kennedy hard, further setting back his ailing re-election campaign.
"Some have been accusing me of setting back feminism 100 years, which is absurd," she said.
And is this whole paragraph setting back the cause of women sports fans by 50 years?
There is no justification for this - they are setting back Bradford 10 years.
No. 1095 has 18 floors, setting back from the facade in terraces to a penthouse level.
And it has the potential of setting back the programme by decades.
Ordinary medical care was collapsing, setting back years of recovery from war and unrest in West Africa.
The row over that plan has cost the government a reliable congressional majority, setting back promised economic reforms.
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