Collocations for "setback"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "setback" in context.
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setback
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- suffered a [crushing, demoralizing, definitive] setback
- a [career, commercial, professional, business, financial] setback
- a setback to the [peace talks, negotiations, progress]
- a setback to their [plan, ambitions, hopes, proposal, bid]
- the setback [dampened, diminished] his [hopes]
- managed to overcome the [last, latest, previous] setback
- was not [deterred, put off, demoralized] by the setback
- succeeded, but not without [major, serious] setbacks
- had a few (minor) setbacks
- due to several setbacks
- the required setback for the [house, property, building]
'setback' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):