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set in

• (of something unpleasant or unwelcome) begin and seem likely to continue.
• "tables should be treated with preservative before the bad weather sets in"
Similar: begin, start, arrive, come, develop, become established, get under way, settle in, commence,
• insert a part such as a sleeve into a garment.
• "with a properly drafted pattern you can often set the sleeve in without adding an easing stitch"

set-in adjective

• (of a sleeve) made separately and inset into a garment.


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