Set Forth (somewhere) Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Set Forth (somewhere) Idiom mean?

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set forth (somewhere) What does set forth (somewhere) mean?	to start to go somewhere, to begin a trip	We set forth on our holiday at 7:00 this morning.
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come to light What does "come to light" mean?	to be discovered, to become known	It has come to light that the company recently lost millions of dollars.

put (someone) through or put through (someone) What does "put (someone) through or put through (someone)" mean?	to transfer someone to someone else's telephone	I phoned the credit card company and they put me through to a supervisor.
have one's finger in too many pies What does "have one's finger in too many pies" mean?	to be involved in too many things (so you cannot do any of them well)	Our supervisor has her finger in too many pies and she is not able to do her job well at all.
pass the hat What does "pass the hat" mean?	to collect money for something (sometimes by passing a hat around to put the money into)	We passed the hat to collect some money for the party.
split hairs What does "split hairs" mean?	to find and argue about small and unimportant differences	My boss always splits hairs when I talk to him about something important.
wild horses could not drag (someone away) What does "wild horses could not drag (someone away)" mean?	there is nothing that will force someone to go somewhere or do something	Wild horses could not drag me away from my favorite TV show last night.

Hit and miss What does "Hit and miss" mean?	Something that is hit and miss is unpredictable and may produce results or may fail.
Best of a bad bunch What does "Best of a bad bunch" mean?	The best that could be obtained from a list of options that were not exactly what was required.
to be reminiscent of (someone or something) What does "to be reminiscent of (someone or something)" mean?	to remind someone of someone or something, to seem like someone or something	The music festival is reminiscent of the large music festivals of fifty years ago.
eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth What does "eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" mean?	a system of punishment where you punish someone in a similar way that they hurt you	Some people call for an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth when they hear of a terrible crime.

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Set Forth (somewhere) Idiom