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What does set down mean?

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

Verb
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To write.
  2. (transitive) To fix; to establish; to ordain.
  3. (transitive) To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying; to allow passengers to alight.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To humiliate.
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If you set down a face card, an ace, or a joker, then next person has a certain number of chances to set down one of those cards.
At one point, all 10 multi-instrumentalists set down their axes in the middle of a piece and sang in gentle, unearthly harmony.
I sighed, wished for an electric heater, then set down to the task of rekindling the fire.
I myself am lifted onto another stretcher, carried into the ambulance, and set down beside Michael.
Christopher set down his cards, exposing a three, five, and ten of spades and the ace of diamonds.
After the silence continues, the golden-haired woman set down her coffee and stepped behind her husband, resting her arms around him.

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