Set someone against someone meaning
Set someone against someone is a phrasal verb that means to make one person oppose, argue with, or fight another.
- Past simple
- set someone against someone
- Past participle
- set someone against someone
- -ing form
- setting someone against someone
What set someone against someone means
B2
To make one person oppose, argue with, or fight another
The rumour set the two groups against each other.
Similar phrasal verbs
With set: set up, set aside, set on, set down, set to, set about, set apart, set back, set forth, set in.
With against: go against, insure against, take against, tell against, work against/for someone.
Common questions
What does set someone against someone mean?
To make one person oppose, argue with, or fight another.
What is the past tense of set someone against someone?
Set someone against someone, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
