Hitch
Hitch verb - To put securely in place or in a desired position.
Usage example: hitched the trailer to the back of the car
Nearby Words: hitched, hitching
Set
Set verb - To put securely in place or in a desired position.
Usage example: had the jeweler set the diamond again
How words are described
| particular | particular hitch | particular set |
| certain | certain hitch | certain set |
| proper | proper hitch | proper set |
| single | single hitch | single set |
| Other adjectives: small, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the movie of The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, Zaphod has just set their course for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, only to have Marvin point out that the restaurant is at the other end of the universe.
Source: The Exit Is That Way - In The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, the humans currently on earth were descended from telephone sanitary workers and hairdressers, set to crash into the Earth by the other people on their planet, who were later wiped out by a disease that occured due to contaminated telephones.
Source: Transplanted Humans
Cite this Source
Set and Hitch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hitch/set
Hitch & Set. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hitch/set>.
Set or Hitch. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hitch/set.
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