English Explanatory Dictionary

set up one's rest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To have a settled determination.

Word forms

set up one's rest sets up one's rest setting up one's rest set one's rest

Etymology

From an old card game in which the phrase described a player's intention to stand or rest upon his hand.

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