setting back
Creating a hindrance
Setting back is delaying or reversing progress: The injury set back her training by several weeks.
A setback is a reversal of fortune.
To set back can also mean to cost: That car must have set you back fifty grand.
Set back from describes positioning at a distance: a house set back from the road.
- retreatingMoving back from advance
- stopCease all motion
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- postponementDelaying to later
regression · delay · adjournment · repositioning · undoing · falling behind · losing ground · impediment · hitting a wall · discouragement · knocking down a peg · obstruction · withdrawing · barrier · halt · push · procrastination · reverse
setting backadvancing
Moving in forward direction
moving forward · pushing forward · moving up · bringing forward · helping along
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