Usually means: Delay or reverse in progress.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word set back:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. set back: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. set back: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. set back: Collins English Dictionary
  4. set-back, set back: Vocabulary.com
  5. Set-Back, Set-back, set-back: Wordnik
  6. set back: Wiktionary
  7. set-back: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. set-back, set back: Dictionary.com
  9. set-back, set back: Rhymezone
  10. set back: Phrasal Verb Page
  11. set-back, set back: Free Dictionary
  12. set-back, set back: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. set-back, set back: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. set back: Legal dictionary
  3. set back: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set-back, set back: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set back: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. set back: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)

(Note: See set_backs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (set back)

verb:  (transitive) To delay or obstruct.
verb:  (transitive) To remove from or allow distance.
verb:  (transitive) To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To cost money.
verb:  To reverse, go backwards.

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