Usually means: Begin undertaking a specific task.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word set about:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. set about: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. set about: Merriam-Webster
  3. set about: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. set about: Collins English Dictionary
  5. set about: Vocabulary.com
  6. set about: Wiktionary
  7. set about: Dictionary.com
  8. set about: MyWord.info
  9. set about: FreeDictionary.org
  10. set about: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. set about: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. set about: Rhymezone

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set about: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set about: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set about: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set about: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (set about)

verb:  Used with the adverb sense of about.
verb:  (transitive, archaic except chiefly Northern England) To circulate or spread (news, a rumour, etc.)
verb:  Used with the preposition sense of about.
verb:  (transitive)
verb:  (archaic) To plant trees or other vegetation in (a place).
verb:  (passive voice, archaic) To encircle or surround (something) with other things.
verb:  (UK, informal) To attack (someone); to set upon.
verb:  (intransitive) To start doing or to devote oneself to some task; to set upon.

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