set out

Definition

Verb (transitive):
- To arrange or display things in an orderly manner: To place items so they are organized, visible, or logically presented.
- To explain or describe something in a clear and methodical way: To state facts, reasons, or arguments in a structured format.
Verb (intransitive):
- To begin a journey or trip: To start traveling toward a destination.
- To begin a course of action with a specific aim: To start doing something with a particular purpose or intention.

Examples of Usage

Verb (transitive):
- She set out the documents on the table for everyone to review.
- The report clearly sets out the reasons for the policy change.
Verb (intransitive):
- We set out for the mountains at dawn.
- He set out to learn a new language this year.

Advanced Usage

"to set out one's stall": (British English idiom) To clearly show one's abilities, intentions, or what one has to offer.
- In the interview, she really set out her stall and impressed the panel.
"to set out on a course of...": To begin a specific and often long-term endeavor.
- The company has set out on a course of major expansion.

Variants and Related Words

Set forth (verb phrase): A formal synonym often used interchangeably with "set out," especially for beginning a journey or explaining ideas.
- They set forth on their expedition.
- The terms are set forth in the contract.
Lay out (verb phrase): A close synonym for the "arrange/display" meaning.
- Please lay out the tools we will need.

Synonyms

Related Phrasal Verbs

Set off: To begin a journey. Very similar to the intransitive "set out."
- They set off on their adventure.
Set about: To begin doing something, especially with energy or determination. It is followed by a gerund or noun.
- She set about cleaning the entire house.

Related Idioms

Set out one's stall: As mentioned in Advanced Usage.
Set out on the right/wrong foot: To begin something in a good or bad way.
- By being unprepared, he set out on the wrong foot with the new client.

Verb

leave
- The family took off for Florida
lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- lay out the clothes
- lay out the arguments
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now

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