Set-to
( A) boxing match, a pugilistic fight, a scolding. In
pugilism the combatants are by their seconds “set to the scratch” or
line marked on the ground.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Set-to from Fact Monster:
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