see|set-off|setoff

English

Verb
en-verb|inf=to set off|sets off|setting off|set off|set off

1. idiom To leave; to begin a journey or trip.

#: He set off in search of better opportunities.

1. idiom To begin; to cause; to initiate.

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

1. idiom To cause to explode.

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

1. To count an addition in one thing against a reduction in something else.

#: My taxes did not increase because the amount of my raise was set off by my losses in the stock market.

Translations
trans-top|To leave; begin a journey or trip
Finnish: lähteä matkaan
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trans-top|To begin; to cause; to initiate
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To cause to explode
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trans-top|To count an addition in one thing against a reduction in something else
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trans-bottom

See also
offset

Category:English phrasal verbs
Category:English simple past forms
Category:English past participles

fr:set off
te:set off

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