set out to

set out to do something

to begin doing something that is part of a plan When Mary set out to become a writer, she had no idea how difficult it would be to earn a living.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BirutĖ	-	Lithuanian
Herminio	er-MEE-nyo	Spanish
Makoto	mah-ko-to	Japanese
Herodes	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Amariah	am-ə-RIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Herakleides	-	Ancient Greek