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| VERB | 1 | set off, trip, actuate, trigger, activate, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off | Put in motion or move to act |
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| 2 | set off, depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set out, take off | Leave | |
| 3 | set off, bring out | Direct attention to, as if by means of contrast | |
| 4 | set off, explode, detonate, blow up | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy | |
| 5 | set off, cancel, offset | Make up for | |
| 6 | set off | Set in motion or cause to begin | |
| 7 | set off, incite, instigate, stir up | Provoke or stir up |
| Meaning | Put in motion or move to act. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | trip, actuate, trigger, activate, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off |
| Cause to | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place |
| Broader | initiate, pioneer |
| See also | set |
| Meaning | Leave. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | The children set off to the playground |
| Synonyms | depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set out, take off |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away |
| Narrower | take off, lift off; roar off; blaze, blaze out; sally forth, sally out |
| Meaning | Direct attention to, as if by means of contrast. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "I set off these words by brackets" |
| Synonyms | bring out |
| Broader | stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate |
| Narrower | pick up; foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up; raise |
| Meaning | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | explode, detonate, blow up |
| Cause to | detonate, explode, blow up |
| Broader | change integrity |
| Narrower | fulminate; dynamite |
| Meaning | Make up for. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | cancel, offset |
| Broader | balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise |
| See also | set |
| Narrower | counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance |
| Meaning | Set in motion or cause to begin. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Broader | begin, lead off, start, commence |
| Meaning | Provoke or stir up. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE |
| Examples | "set off great unrest among the people" |
| Synonyms | incite, instigate, stir up |
| Cause to | act, move |
| Broader | provoke, stimulate |
| See also | set |
| Narrower | raise |
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