# Use another sense of "set" and/or "run" in a new sentence **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-another-sense-of-set-and-or-run-in-a-new-sentence/397189 "2007-03-23T15:11:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-another-sense-of-set-and-or-run-in-a-new-sentence/397189/41 "2007-03-25T21:24:48Z")
I’ll set to running cable in my house after I finish setting up this bombing run in my Spycraft game–it’s a set piece in a campaign that’s had a three year run! ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-another-sense-of-set-and-or-run-in-a-new-sentence/397189/42 "2007-03-26T01:52:20Z")
I’m a terrible athlete. I can neither win a set in tennis nor score a run in baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-another-sense-of-set-and-or-run-in-a-new-sentence/397189/43 "2007-03-26T03:04:27Z")
[QUOTE=JpnDude] a set in tennis [/QUOTE] See post 16! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-another-sense-of-set-and-or-run-in-a-new-sentence/397189.md?page=2)