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What does set back mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word set back? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To delay or obstruct.
  2. (transitive) To remove from or allow distance.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To cost money, as.
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The 218 flats are arranged in three blocks, set back from the road to preserve an existing belt of trees and minimise noise disturbance.
Premature implementation will set back the cause of regional reform and development and aggravate political problems.
Anyway, the initial set back apart, the evening was most convivial, beers were consumed, food was ingested and chit was chatted.
She noticed with some annoyance that anyone standing in the entranceway, set back under the building a few meters as it was, would be dry.
Hopes of cementing the recent rapprochement between Nato allies, Greece and Turkey, have been set back.
Rather than test the validity of those claims, the sailors quickly set back to sea in a longboat.

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