definition of
set out

[1] #1 set out v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now". wn

[2] #2 set out v. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments". wn

[3] #3 set out v. leave; "The family took off for Florida". wn