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Set off

To leave; to begin a journey or trip.

📖 Definitions of "Set off"

verb
  1. 1

    To leave; to begin a journey or trip.

    "He set off in search of better opportunities."

  2. 2

    To begin; to cause; to initiate.

    "I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument."

  3. 3

    To cause to explode, let off.

    "What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place."

  4. 4

    To make angry.

    "Don't set him off or he won't shut up all day."

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