set in
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set in verb phrase To begin.
1834 Crockett Narrative 40 I set in to work for a man by the name of James Caldwell. 1861 Hedgecock Diary 110 [It] set in at night to rain. 1900 Harben N GA Sketches 139 I’m itchin’ to set in to farm-work ag’in. 1939 Hall Coll (Cataloochee NC) I just set in to shootin’ [the bear] as fast as I could shoot the little gun. c1945 Haun Hawk’s Done 231 He set into talking and told it. 1974 Fink Bits Mt Speech 23 Hit set into raining about dark. 1976 Bear Hunting 313 Every dog they had set in a’baying. 2001 Lowry Expressions 13 She sets in a coughin’ every night.