set against
phrasal verb
set against; setting against; sets against
: feeling strongly that one does not want (something) or will not do (something)
Everyone was set against going.
He was dead set against the deal.
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Her second novel, The Art of Vanishing (Knopf Canada, 2024), is about female friendship and creative yearning set against a backdrop of Japan’s 1970s art world.
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Edmond Lee, Hazlitt, 16 July 2025
Paul Rutherford/Getty Images Red Sox manager Alex Cora shared Thursday afternoon that Bregman would play in two games of the four-game set against Tampa Bay before the midsummer classic.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
The film is an examination of societal prejudice set against the backdrop of 1980s Secunderabad.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 July 2025
The 27-year-old American, who was the runner-up at last year’s U.S. Open, didn’t face a break point in the first two sets against No. 17 Khachanov, who rebounded in the third set.
—Sports Editor
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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Edmond Lee, Hazlitt, 16 July 2025
Paul Rutherford/Getty Images Red Sox manager Alex Cora shared Thursday afternoon that Bregman would play in two games of the four-game set against Tampa Bay before the midsummer classic.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
The film is an examination of societal prejudice set against the backdrop of 1980s Secunderabad.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 July 2025
The 27-year-old American, who was the runner-up at last year’s U.S. Open, didn’t face a break point in the first two sets against No. 17 Khachanov, who rebounded in the third set.
—Sports Editor
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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“Set against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20against. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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