set in
phrasal verbset in
- (of rain, bad weather, infection, etc.) to begin and seem likely to continue
- The rain seemed to have set in for the day.
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set something in/into something
- [usually passive] to fasten something into a flat surface so that it does not stick out from it
- a plaque set into the wall