Owe
Set
Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- A lot of music videos owe a lot to the way director Richard Lester set the Beatles' music to exciting images.
Source: Follow The Leader / Music -
They are considered to "owe" the Dwarven people a death and usually set about earning it by going deep into the Deep Roads to fight the worst of the Darkspawn infestation there.
Source: Legion of Lost Souls - Granted, the band does owe something to the show, as the two were introduced to one another by their mothers on the set, but good luck finding anyone who can name the members that aren't directly tied to Disney's cash cow.
Source: Face Of The Band / Pop
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