How to restore a builtin that I overwrote by accident?

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Just delete the name that is masking the builtin:

>>> set="oops"
>>> set
'oops'
>>> del set
>>> set
<type 'set'>

You can always still access the original built-in through the builtins module (__builtin__ on Python 2, with underscores and no s); use this if you want to override the built-in but want to defer to the original still from the override:

>>> import builtins
>>> builtins.set
<type 'set'>

If you have trouble locating where the masking name is defined, do check all namespaces from your current one up to the built-ins; see Short description of the scoping rules? for what scopes may apply to your current situation.

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