at a set time

at a set time
at a set time
at a particular time; at an assigned time. •

Each person has to show up at a set time.

Do I have to be there at a set time, or can I come whenever I want?

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{prep. phr.} At a particular, pre-specified time. * /Do we have to eat in this hotel at a set time, or may we come down whenever we want?/

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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