A reverse.
1888. Commerce received a set-back from which it has not yet recovered.Troy Daily Times, Feb. 4 (Farmer).
1909. The notion that the anti-liquor movement has suffered a temporary set-back at the South was severely shaken by occurrences reported yesterday in three Southern States.N.Y. Evening Post, Aug. 2.
1909. Reforms temporary set-back in New Jersey is seized upon by ex-Gov. Murphy in order to announce his candidacy for the United States Senate.Id., Nov. 8.
See also BACK-SET.