Meaning of set out

Definition of set out

(verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
leave; "The family took off for Florida"

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