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Definition of: set-up
(set′up′) noun
1. Physique; physical build; make–up.
2. Carriage of the body; bearing.
3. U.S. Slang A system or scheme of organization or construction; the salient elements of a situation; circumstances.
4. U.S. Slang A contest or match arranged to result in an easy victory; a contest in which the strength of the contestants is so unequal that the result is easily foreseen; also, the weaker of two such contestants.
5. U.S. Colloq. Ice, soda water, etc., provided to a customer who has brought his own liquor.
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