set back

Verb
  1. Hold back to a later time (synset 202648898)
    "let's postpone the exam"
    entail:
    is a type of: delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required
    subtypes:
    • call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather
    • hold - stop dealing with
    • suspend - render temporarily ineffective
    • probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
    • reprieve, respite - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
    same as: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, shelve, table
  2. Slow down the progress of;
    Hinder (synset 202457523)
    "His late start set him back"
    is a type of: hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to
  3. Cost a certain amount (synset 202708534)
    "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"
    is a type of: be, cost - be priced at
    same as: knock back, put back

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