set back

set back

n. Football

An offensive back who lines up behind the quarterback.

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set back

vb (tr, adverb)

1. to hinder; impede

2. Informal to cost (a person) a specified amount

n setback

1. anything that serves to hinder or impede

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a recession in the upper part of a high building, esp one that increases the daylight at lower levels

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also called offset setoff a steplike shelf where a wall is reduced in thickness

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	set back - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" postpone, prorogue, put off, defer, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold over delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" hold - stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" suspend - render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended" probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence reprieve, respite - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
	2.	set back - slow down the progress of; hinder; "His late start set him back" hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"
	3.	set back - cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000" knock back, put back cost, be - be priced at; "These shoes cost $100"