set back

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To delay or obstruct.

   “I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile.”

2. fiil To remove from or allow distance.

   “Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.”

3. fiil To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.

   “The statue was set back in a niche.”

4. fiil To cost money.

   “How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?”

5. fiil To reverse, go backwards.

   “Before the platforms were extended up to the actual junction, branch trains had to set back into a bay.”