setting off

Betekenis (Engels)

present participle and gerund of set off

set off

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To begin; to cause; to initiate.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause to explode, let off.
4. (idiomatic, transitive) To put into an angry mood; to start (a person) ranting or sulking, etc.
5. (idiomatic, transitive) To enhance by emphasizing differences.
6. (idiomatic, transitive) To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.
7. (historical) To deface or soil the next sheet; said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry.

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