set up one's rest
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From an old card game in which the phrase described a player's intention to stand or rest upon his hand.
Verb[edit]
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.