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set off

verb

Meaning

  1. To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
  2. To begin; to cause; to initiate.
  3. To cause to explode, let off.
  4. To make angry.
  5. To enhance by emphasizing differences.
  6. To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

depart(English)take off(English)start out(English)touch off(English)trip(English)start(English)blow up(English)explode(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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