Synonyms for set back
set back

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1. set-back, setoff, offsetverb

   structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

   Synonyms:
   outset, runner, counterbalance, first, stolon, showtime, setoff, starting time, offshoot, set-back, start, offset printing, get-go, kickoff, outgrowth, commencement, offset, branch, beginning

2. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put offverb

   hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

   Synonyms:
   put back, put over, elude, circumvent, turn off, confuse, sidestep, dishearten, remand, give in, remit, parry, dodge, bow, send back, tabulate, accede, flurry, prorogue, hedge, put off, evade, defer, tabularise, table, tabularize, carry over, postpone, duck, slacken, shelve, hold over, disconcert, knock back, get across, fudge, submit, skirt

3. set backverb

   slow down the progress of; hinder

   "His late start set him back"

   Synonyms:
   table, shelve, put over, postpone, remit, put off, hold over, knock back, prorogue, put back, defer

4. set back, knock back, put backverb

   cost a certain amount

   "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

   Synonyms:
   table, shelve, put over, postpone, remit, put off, hold over, knock back, replace, prorogue, put back, defer

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1. • Cost
   • Delay
   • Impede

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1. The IMF:

   The war will severely set back the global recovery, slowing growth and increasing inflation even further.

2. Michael Walker:

   They deserve a house, they deserve to not worry about where we going to be staying month after month and week after week, we have plans and something always seems to come up. Something always happens and we always set back.

3. President Barack Obama:

   The strong consensus is that in order for us to succeed long-term in this fight against (ISIS), we have to develop local security forces that can sustain progress. It is not enough for us to simply send in American troops to temporarily set back organizations like (ISIS), but then as soon as we leave see that void filled again by extremists, if we try to do everything ourselves all across the Middle East, all across North Africa, we'll be playing whack-a-mole and there'll be a whole lot of unintended consequences that ultimately make us less secure.

4. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

   We have the capability to shut down, set back and destroy the Iranian nuclear program and I believe the Iranians know that and understand that.

5. Sonya Sceats:

   Sri Lankan torture survivors in treatment with us are adamant that they cannot trust a purely domestic process and will take comfort from the High Commissioner's warning that there must not be a replay of past broken promises, any process that fails to win the confidence of survivors, including from the Tamil minority, is doomed to fail and may set back the common cause of reconciliation.