set against

set against
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "set against":
present tense I/you/we/they set against he/she/it sets against present participle setting against past tense set against past participle set against
1) set something against something to compare one thing with another

This season's results have been disappointing set against last year's.

2) set someone against someone to cause two people or groups to fight each other although they were in a friendly relationship before

a bitter industrial dispute that had set worker against worker

3) set against or set off against
set something against somethingset something off against something business British to state officially that an amount of money is a cost to your business in order to pay less tax

You know your expenses can be set against tax, don't you?


English dictionary. 2014.

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