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set-to
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set-to (stt)
n. pl. set-tos
A brief, usually heated conflict or argument.
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Noun1.set-to - a brief but vigorous fight
fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

set-to
noun (Informal) fight, row, argument, brush, scrap (informal), disagreement, quarrel, barney (informal), spat, squabble, wrangle, fracas, slanging match (Brit.), dust-up (informal), argy-bargy (Brit. informal) a bit of a set-to between Smith and his record company
Translations
set-to [ˈsetˈtuː] N (= fight) → pelea f; (= quarrel) → agarrada f, bronca f
set-to
n (Brit inf) → Krach m, → Streiterei f (inf); to have a set-to with somebodysich mit jdm in die Wolle kriegen (inf)
set-to [ˈsɛtˈtuː] n (fam) (fight) → zuffa; (quarrel) → baruffa


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The libretto is based on Schiller's play and there are some fine set-tos between the two ladies, faithfully reproduced in the sub-titles, before Mary goes to the block.
The truth is, in a masochistic fashion, we kind of like these parochial set-tos.
Maybe she had too much hubris — I certainly had a few set-tos with her — but I always respected her toughness and she never lied to me.
 
 
 
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