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    • set up :set up or found
      • She set up a literacy program

    • set up :create by putting components or members together
      • She pieced a quilt|He tacked together some verses|They set up a committee

    • set up :construct, build, or erect
      • Raise a barn

    • set up :get ready for a particular purpose or event
      • set up an experiment|set the table|lay out the tools for the surgery

    • set up :put into a proper or systematic order
      • arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order

    • set up :begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
      • set up an election

    • set up :take or catch as if in a snare or trap
      • I was set up!|The innocent man was framed by the police

    • set up :produce
      • The scientists set up a shock wave

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