Set and Tough

Set

Set adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.

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Tough and set are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tough" instead an adjective "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

Tough adjective - Not easily chewed.

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Set and tough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Set" instead an adjective "Tough".

Nearby Words: toughness, toughen, toughening, tougher, toughed

old	old set	old tough
high	high set	high tough
short	short set	short tough
standard	standard set	standard tough
Other adjectives: big, new, final, extra, random.

In Big Game, the pep talk Moore gives Oskari about having to act tough when one can't be tough looks like a set-up for an epic scene later, but ultimately, it amounts to nothing.

Source: Red Herring
Red Herring: Moore's campfire pep talk about having to act tough when one can't be tough looks like a set up for some epic scene later, but ultimately amounts to nothing.

Source: Film / Big Game
However, they happen to be horribly tough, such as how Jack Baker survives getting set on fire before the car which set him on fire explodes.

Source: Video Game / Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

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