set against
Britishverb
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to balance or compare
to set a person's faults against his virtues
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to cause to be hostile or unfriendly to
Example Sentences
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“You were so dead set against this when we first found that letter. You swore you’d never become a Butterfly, no matter what. You lectured me over and over again about how history cannot be changed.”
From Literature
A mountain of chairs set against the backdrop of a tarp curtain is the starting point for a production that recaps Shakespeare’s War of the Roses saga.
From Los Angeles Times
None of this would have been observable to his eye were it not for the lapis lazuli powder that allowed him to see flashes of the blue fox set against the white snow.
From Literature
The King was given his own chair and silk cushion to witness the British-Nigerian designer's Notting Hill inspired runway, which was set against a backdrop of the area of London she grew up in.
From BBC
Behind her are large, glowing angel wings set against a golden, cloudy sky, creating a heavenly theme.
From Los Angeles Times
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