How to pronounce “set off”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
• (idiomatic, transitive) To begin; to cause; to initiate.
• (idiomatic, transitive) To cause to explode, let off.
• (idiomatic, transitive) To put into an angry mood; to start (a person) ranting or sulking, etc.
• (idiomatic, transitive) To enhance by emphasizing differences.
• (idiomatic, transitive) To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.
• (printing, historical) To deface or soil the next sheet; said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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