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Definitions of
set off
verb
direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
“I
set off
these words by brackets”
synonyms:
bring out
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types:
pick up
lift out or reflect from a background
foreground
,
highlight
,
play up
,
spotlight
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
raise
bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
type of:
accent
,
accentuate
,
emphasise
,
emphasize
,
punctuate
,
stress
to stress, single out as important
verb
set in motion or cause to begin
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type of:
begin
,
commence
,
lead off
,
start
set in motion, cause to start
verb
put in motion or move to act
synonyms:
activate
,
actuate
,
spark
,
spark off
,
touch off
,
trigger
,
trigger off
,
trip
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type of:
initiate
,
pioneer
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
verb
provoke or stir up
“
set off
great unrest among the people”
synonyms:
incite
,
instigate
,
stir up
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types:
raise
activate or stir up
type of:
provoke
,
stimulate
provide the needed stimulus for
verb
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
synonyms:
blow up
,
detonate
,
explode
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types:
fulminate
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
dynamite
blow up with dynamite
type of:
change integrity
change in physical make-up
verb
make up for
synonyms:
cancel
,
offset
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types:
counteract
,
counterbalance
,
countervail
,
neutralize
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
override
counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
type of:
balance
,
equilibrate
,
equilibrise
,
equilibrize
bring into balance or equilibrium
verb
leave
synonyms:
depart
,
part
,
set forth
,
set out
,
start
,
start out
,
take off
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lift off
,
take off
depart from the ground
roar off
leave
blaze
,
blaze out
move rapidly and as if blazing
sally forth
,
sally out
set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner
type of:
go away
,
go forth
,
leave
go away from a place
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