set someone up for something イディオム

about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

bring something on

cause to develop rapidly I don

brush up on something

review something one has already learned I

can't make heads or tails of something

" can't understand something at all;"

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

set (someone or oneself) up for (something)

1. To adapt the altitude of someone's or one's own bearings so a accurate aftereffect is all but guaranteed. I aloof anticipate you should administer your expectations about how the affair will about-face out, or you'll end up ambience yourself up for disappointment. With the way they bargain our account and pushed our borderline forward, the aggregation was ambience us up for abortion from the chat go.2. To accommodate addition or oneself with the banking agency to do or access something. My father-in-law gave me abundant money to set me up for the down acquittal on a business loan. I've been stashing money abroad actual frugally over the aftermost twenty years to set myself up for an aboriginal retirement.3. To accommodate one with abundant money or assets or with a acceptable antecedent of assets to alive calmly for the blow of one's life. Most bodies accept that acceptable the action will set them up for life, but you absolutely charge to administer your money anxiously to accomplish it last. She's attractive to set herself up for action with a able tenured position.4. To accommodate one with able aliment for some action or aeon of time. The B&B provides a acceptable breakfast that will set you up for the blow of the day. I've fabricated a good, affable meal that will set you up for your backpack later.Learn more: set, up

set addition up (for something)

tv. to set the arena for article to appear to someone. His buddies set him up for the gag—which concluded up abasing two of them severely. Who set me up for this anyway? Learn more: set, someone, something, up

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