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Set down

verb

Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.. Synonyms: get down, put down, write down.

Reach or come to rest. Synonym: land. "The plane landed in Istanbul"

Put or settle into a position.

Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place. Synonyms: place down, put down.

Go ashore. Synonyms: debark, disembark.

Leave or unload. Synonyms: discharge, drop, drop off, put down, unload. "Drop off the passengers at the hotel"

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"Set down" Quotes from Famous Books

... time I ever set down even these particulars, and, glancing them over, I feel like a wild beast in a caravan describing himself in ...

— Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) - Authors and Journalists • Various

... The Brat set down his bowl, and saw me, as I subsided into a chair on the opposite side of the long, narrow table. His face flushed, and the brilliant blue eyes clouded, but he deigned to acknowledge our acquaintance with a ...

— The Princess Passes • Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson

... court mourning in consequence of the death of Duchess Bernhard leaves me little hope that a performance of "Lohengrin" will be given by command. For next season, in February at the latest, the "Flying Dutchman" is set down. ...

— Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1 • Francis Hueffer (translator)

... delight which turned itself loose now was of a sort to make the judicious weep. Those whose withers were unwrung laughed till the tears ran down; the reporters, in throes of laughter, set down disordered pot-hooks which would never in the world be decipherable; and a sleeping dog jumped up scared out of its wits, and barked itself crazy at the turmoil. All manner of cries were scattered through the din: "We're getting ...

— The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg • Mark Twain

... tell why it was exactly that those stage managers, the Fates, put me down for this shabby part of a whaling voyage, when others were set down for magnificent parts in high tragedies, and short and easy parts in genteel comedies, and jolly parts in farces—though I cannot tell why this was exactly; yet, now that I recall all the circumstances, I think I can see a little into the springs ...

— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville

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