setting forth
Beginning a journey
Setting forth means beginning a journey or embarking on an undertaking: The expedition was setting forth at dawn.
It also means presenting or explaining something formally: The document setting forth the terms of the agreement.
The phrase carries a slightly formal or literary tone, suggesting purposeful departure or careful articulation.
- embarkingBeginning a voyage
- hitting the roadStarting to travel
- launchingSetting something in motion
- taking offStarting upward flight
- commencingBeginning to happen
starting out · introducing · stating · laying out · departure · articulating · spelling out · beginning · outlining · elucidating · declaring · expounding · enunciating · pioneering · presenting · propounding · narrating · expedition
- explainingexplaining, clarifying, elaborating, elucidating, expounding
- taking leapsrisking, daring, gambling, taking chances, taking risks
setting fortharriving
Reaching a destination
returning · coming back · reaching · getting in · pulling in
setting forthconcealing
Keeping something secret
withholding · suppressing · obscuring · hiding · retracting
setting forthconcluding
Bringing to an end
wrapping up · finishing · abandoning · giving up · terminating
forth, setter, setters, setting, settings, offset, sunset, forthcoming, henceforth