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Thesaurus: set off

put in motion or move to act

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Definitions

  1. v. put in motion or move to act
  2. v. depart for someplace
  3. v. direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
  4. v. cause to burst with a violent release of energy
  5. v. make up for
  6. v. set in motion or cause to begin
  7. v. provoke or stir up