Set up
Hi,
"After you take the cookies from the oven, you should wait ten minutes before they set up."
What does 'set up' mean in this context?
Thank you.
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" That is not good English. You don't wait "before" they set up, whatever that means. " Where did you see this?
- " That is not good English.
- You don't wait "before" they set up, whatever that means.
- " Where did you see this?
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Ann225"After you take the cookies from the oven, you should wait ten minutes before they set up."
That is not good English. You don't wait "before" they set up, whatever that means. I think the writer was trying to say "After you take the cookies from the oven, you should wait ten minutes for them to firm up." Where did you see this?
0Ann225After you take the cookies from the oven, you should wait ten minutesbeforewhile they set up.
It really should be 'while' (or 'until').
"set up" in reference to baked goods means "dry out" or "get firm". When they first come out of the oven they're still a bit too pliable and gooey.
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