(set something against something) to compare one thing with another
This season’s results have been disappointingset against last year’s.
Synonyms and related words
To compare or connect things
compare
connect
link
2
(set someone against someone) to cause two people or groups to fight each other although they were in a friendly relationship before
a bitterindustrialdispute that had setworker against worker
Synonyms and related words
To cause problems between people
come between
set against
tear apart
3
set against
or
set off against
(set something against something/set something off against something) businessBritishto state officially that an amount of money is a cost to your business in order to pay less tax
You know your expenses can be set against tax, don’t you?
Synonyms and related words
Relating to tax and taxation
1099
after tax
allowance
set against
phrasal verb transitive
Other entries for this word
set off againstphrasal verb
(dead) set against somethingphrase
set your face against somethingphrase
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
set against
he/she/it
sets against
present participle
setting against
past tense
set against
past participle
set against
DEFINITIONS2
1
(set someone against someone) to cause two people or groups to fight each other although they were in a friendly relationship before
a bitterindustrialdispute that had setworker against worker
Synonyms and related words
To cause problems between people
come between
set against
tear apart
2
(set something against something) to compare one thing with another
The advantages of the new system must be set against its disadvantages.