set up one's rest

English

Alternative forms

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.

Verb

set up one's rest (third-person singular simple present sets up one's rest, present participle setting up one's rest, simple past and past participle set up one's rest)

(obsolete) To have a settled determination.

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