set down
v. phr.— «DeMatteis, who was helmeted and traveling north, had set his bike down in what’s known as a “brake fall” stop. “I didn’t know if he was dead or alive.”» —“Motorcyclist on the hunt for his rescuer in Teqesta” by Michelle Sheldone TCPalm (Fort Pierce, Florida) Jan. 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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