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Set off

verb

Put in motion or move to act. Synonyms: activate, actuate, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip. "Actuate the circuits"

Leave. Synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set out, start, start out, take off.

Direct attention to, as if by means of contrast. Synonym: bring out. "I set off these words by brackets"

Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. Synonyms: blow up, detonate, explode.

Make up for. Synonyms: cancel, offset.

Set in motion or cause to begin.

Provoke or stir up. Synonyms: incite, instigate, stir up. "Set off great unrest among the people"

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"Set off" Quotes from Famous Books

... been the time, then," said Mr. Gray. "Probably the little fellow has set off by himself for a walk. I'll go after and look for him. Don't frighten Mrs. Gray when she comes down, Louisa, but just say that Archie and I are both gone out. Try to look ...

— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge

... once, to get her bearings, and then set off down the lane toward the swamp road. There was not a light in any house she passed, not even in Mr. Fen Llewellen's cottage. "I guess Margaret's fast asleep," murmured Nan, ...

— Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp - or, The Old Lumberman's Secret • Annie Roe Carr

... He set off with the protractor an angle of twenty degrees from the north and south line and turned the chart round to that extent. After closely scrutinizing the map and the chart and comparing the one ...

— The Mystery of 31 New Inn • R. Austin Freeman

... We set off with our Moors who were very well made and fine men of their race; a Negro, their slave was one of the handsomest men I have ever seen. His body of a fine black, was clothed in a blue dress which he had received ...

— Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 • J. B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Correard

... disastrous to our personal appearance, and at the end of two hours we were all reduced to pretty much the same level: really, there wasn't much difference between the beautiful Americans, those attired in Gillard's best, and ourselves, when we took to our rickshaws (and motors) again and set off for the President's palace, ...

— Peking Dust • Ellen N. La Motte

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