A reverse.

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1888.  Commerce received a set-back from which it has not yet recovered.—Troy Daily Times, Feb. 4 (Farmer).

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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.

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1909.  Reform’s 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.

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  See also BACK-SET.

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