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plural outsets
Onset; the beginning or initial stage of something. quotations examples
At the first outset, heavy, miry ground and a matted, marish vegetation greatly delayed our progress; […]
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883
Six successive defeats had left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table but, clearly under instructions to attack from the outset, Bolton started far the brighter.
2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport
third-person singular simple present outsets, present participle outsetting, simple past and past participle outset
(Internet, CSS, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset. examples