set off

Meaning

  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.

Synonyms

depart
C1
set out
start
A1
leave
A1
start out
set forth
explode
B2

take the road

blow up
go
A1
take off
start off
discharge
C1
shoot
A1
trip
A2
detonate
C2
trigger
B2
launch
B2
offset
27k
move
A1
part
A1
go away
fire
A1
🔥
activate
C1
cancel
B2
stress
B2
accentuate
43k
bring out
stir up
touch off
spark off
show off
spark
C1
actuate
incite
26k
highlight
C2
instigate
36k

trigger off

enhance

emphasize
20k
come back
emphasise
47k
embark
C2
come away
drive off
drive away
get out
get off
get going
distinguish
C2
Translations

partir

partire
detonar
sich auf den Weg machen
partir
déclencher
irse
scatenare

se mettre en route

vertrekken

ξεκινώ

se mettre en chemin

andarsene
annuler
aufbrechen

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