| Subject | English | Russian |
| product. | before setting out to | при выезде (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| Игорь Миг | set out to | ставить перед собой задачу |
| gen. | set out to | ставить задачу (Originally, Motorola didn't set out to build a modern-day flip phone though. In fact, the company originally considered creating a wearable with a flexible display. 4uzhoj) |
| Игорь Миг | set out to | задаваться целью |
| gen. | set out to | ставить перед собой цель (4uzhoj) |
| gen. | set out to | намереваться (Abysslooker) |
| Игорь Миг | set out to | поставить перед собой задачу |
| gen. | set out to | установить задание (do something – In a series of contributions during the 1980s, he set out to study the first-stage decision: how much of one’s income or wealth to spend on consumption... Ker-online) |
| gen. | set out to | поставить задачу (do something Liv Bliss) |
| busin. | set out to become a low-cost producer | намереваться стать низкозатратным производителем |
| progr. | set out to design | взяться за создание (ssn) |
| gen. | set out to sea | отправиться в море (The emperor thereupon ordered Xu Fu to gather a group of several thousand young boys and girls and set out to sea to search for the immortal men – by David F. Lloyd Tamerlane) |
| gen. | set out to win the match | намереваться выиграть матч (to break the record for the cross-channel swim, to show that he was right, to cross the river, etc., и т.д.) |
| gen. | set out to write a history of civilization | намереваться писать историю цивилизации |
| gen. | set out to write a history of civilization | приниматься за написание истории цивилизации (to learn Russian, to paint her portrait, etc., и т.д.) |