set forth

Start a voyage

Set forth means to begin a journey or to present something in a formal or detailed way.

When you set forth on an adventure, you depart with purpose; when you set forth an argument or plan, you lay it out clearly for others to consider.

The phrase carries a slightly formal or literary tone.

The expedition set forth at dawn.

The contract sets forth the terms of the agreement.

begin

commence

To set underway

start · kick off · inaugurate · pioneer · venture · break ground · dive in · get underway · take up · engage

depart

departure

Act of going away

exit · farewell · embarkation · parting · goodbye · withdraw · retreat · evacuate · emigrate · relocate

explain

present

Gift or current moment

state · expound · detail · delineate · lay out · spell out · elucidate · clarify · enumerate · specify

propose

suggest

Offer an idea indirectly

advance · proffer · put forward · offer · table · propose · posit · assert · propound · introduce

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physical departure/journey

set fortharrive

Reach a destination

return · come back · remain · stay · reach

presentation/declaration of information

set forthwithhold

Refuse to give

conceal · suppress · hide · keep secret · hold back

initiation of action/endeavor

set forthconclude

End or infer

finish · wrap up · abandon · give up · halt

Family

set, upset, setting, settled, sets, set out, set off, onset, unsettling

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