II Phrasal Verbs
Example: Winter has set in, it's started snowing.
Set off = explode a bomb
175
11Example: Terrorists set off a car bomb in the city centre last night.
Fortunately, no-one was hurt or killed.
Set off = ring an alarm
Example: The smoke set the fire alarm off.
Set off = start a journey
Example: We set off for work at seven-thirty.
Set out = displa!YJ show
Example: The figures are set out in the council's annual report.
Set out = start a journey
Example: The explorers set out for the South Pole yesterday morn-
mg.
Set up = prepare equipment, software, etc., for use
Example: The technician set up the computer network perfectly.
Set up = start a company
Example: They set up a dot com company and floated it a couple of
years later on the Stock Exchange and made an absolute fortune.
Settle down = start living a fixed and routine life
Example: After years of partying and drinking, she finally got
married and settled down.
Settle in = get used to
Example: It took him a while to fettle in when he moved to Japan.
Settle on = agree
Example: They couldn't agree at first on a name for their daugh-
ter, but fmally settled on Alice.