英语翻译One night,a thief broke into an old man’s house.He made

英语翻译
One night,a thief broke into an old man’s house.He made a noise and woke up the old man and his wife.The husband told his wife to be silent,while he said loudly,“My dear,these days thieves are clever.If they take off their clothes and put them on the table,the people in the room will fall asleep and can’t wake up.” When the thief heard this,（he took off his clothes and was ready to set out of work.)At this moment the husband suddenly shouted in a loud voice,“Stop,thief!” The thief was frightened.He ran away quickly and left his clothes on the table.
只要翻译括号里的那句“he took off his clothes and was ready to set out of work” 我想知道的是set out of work 是短语 还是 set out of 是短语?具体说说.
是不是set out后接宾语，要加of？