set back
• delay or impede the progress of someone or something.
• "this incident undoubtedly set back research"
Similar:
delay,
hold up,
hold back,
slow down,
slow up,
retard,
put a brake on,
check,
decelerate,
hinder,
impede,
obstruct,
hamper,
inhibit,
interfere with,
frustrate,
thwart,
stay,
• (of a purchase) cost someone a particular amount of money.
• "that must have set you back a bit"
Similar:
cost,
knock back,
setback
noun
• a reversal or check in progress.
• "a serious setback for the peace process"
Similar:
problem,
difficulty,
issue,
hitch,
complication,
upset,
disappointment,
misfortune,
mishap,
piece of bad luck,
unfortunate development,
reversal,
reverse,
reverse of fortune,
blow,
body blow,
knock,
stumbling block,
hindrance,
impediment,
obstruction,
delay,
hold-up,
check,
glitch,
hiccup,
(double) whammy,
kick in the teeth,
knock-back,
one in the eye,
foil,
• a plain, flat offset in a wall.
• the distance by which a building or part of a building is set back from the property line.
• "they had to get permission to overlap the city's setback lines"
