set to work's Usage Examples:

wants to learn to paint, and to whom I paid a visit, after which we set to work at once.

In a school garden, school children are set to work cultivating flower and vegetable gardens.

after delivering his speech and the animals, stirred up by this speech, set to work immediately on the bringing about the Rebellion.

He quickly set to work to institute discipline, train the troops and reinforce the city's defences.

club was languishing in the second tier of English football, McDowall set to work building a solid team and soon saw the fruits of his labour, with the.

Following the crew's wakeup call, the members of STS-119 set to work on the day's task of inspecting Discovery's thermal protection system.

those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.

success of Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel Studios announced and immediately set to work on producing a sequel.

In difficult circumstances Rubel then set to work to gain a thorough understanding of Marx's life and work.

locomotives introduced to the Great Western Railway by Daniel Gooch, Gooch set to work to develop a new class based on North Star, but with larger boilers.

With the land acquired, it is reasonable to believe that the two set to work at once platting a town on a portion of their holdings.

It encouraged mass slum clearance and councils to set to work to demolish poor quality housing and replace it with new build.

William set to work regaining his patrimony by force of arms.

This new label is set to work independently from HYBE Corporation in the areas of music production.

Requires E, P and R bits set to work.

Requires E and R bits set to work.

In 2001 Power set to work on fourth album Beetroot, which featured little input from the other.

Meanwhile, engineers set to work clearing the area of obstacles and mines, and additional waves of reinforcements.

On his return to London, he set to work on his first book, Conchologia Systematica (2 vols.

to have a store of "wool, hemp, flax, iron" so that the poor could be set to work.

They set to work on a variety of proposals, including the Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall.

Synonyms:

procedure; investigation; aid; investigating; welfare work; lavation; activity; attention; busywork; housekeeping; operation; task; polishing; job; shining; heavy lifting; timework; care; tending; social service; mission; subbing; duty; make-work; loose end; wash; washing; spadework; substituting; action; nightwork; logging; unfinished business; service; undertaking; coursework; toil; missionary work; housewifery; labor; paperwork; project; housework; ironing; labour;

Antonyms:

inactivity; location; Heaven; divest; fire;