n. a period of time that a band plays without a break; a thirty-minute jam session. : We do two sets and then take a twenty-minute break.
n. a party. : Your set was a totally major bash!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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set by
Put aside for future use, as in She had shelves and shelves of cans set by for some imagined food emergency. [Late 1500s] Also see set aside, def. 1; set store by.
