Synonym: activate, actuate, blow up, bring out, cancel, depart, detonate, explode, incite, instigate, offset, part, set forth, set out, spark, spark off, start, start out, stir up, take off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip. Similar words: set out, get off, let off, set fire to, get out of, give rise to, face to face, set. Meaning: v. 1. put in motion or move to act 2. leave 3. direct attention to, as if by means of contrast 4. cause to burst with a violent release of energy 5. make up for 6. set in motion or cause to begin 7. provoke or stir up.
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271. Tuppe and Cornelius followed the pointing fingers and set off in different directions.
272. Churchill's best effects are achieved through the sudden injection of shock words which set off seismic disturbances.
273. Check all zips and drawstrings are running smoothly before you set off camping.
274. As I set off I had a fleeting glimpse of the leer of pure delight on Simkin's face.
275. We repair to the kitchen and blithely set off the burglar alarm searching for the cat to cuddle.
276. Finely-chiselled features with high cheekbones and a generous mouth, all set off by a cascading mass of beautiful golden hair.
277. He came back empty-handed, then set off again with his son.
278. At the age of fourteen, Bona set off to visit her father, who was a soldier on crusade in Jerusalem.
279. There was a slight hiccup when I couldn't find my car keys, but finally we set off.
280. The jury box is set off by a walnut rail and descending baubles, round spheres of beautifully grained wood.
281. She promptly set down her plate of lobster salad and set off in hot pursuit.
282. Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens.
283. Mungo set off, taking care to avoid the loose floorboards which he had already tried to memorize.
284. I left Koju behind and we set off at daybreak.
285. Just as we set off, would you believe it, the heavens opened.
286. She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house.
287. He actually died of kidney failure, set off by a viral infection probably contracted during a Masonic meeting in mid-November.
288. Not to be denied, at least a dozen fans hailed waiting taxis and set off in pursuit.
289. However, to make doubly certain(http://sentencedict.com/set off.html), he sprayed on a second layer; then he set off toward the antenna.
290. It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west.
291. I set off, threw myself to the ground and proceeded to roll three times.
292. Instead, it set off an uproar among religious activists, including many who normally agree on little.
293. The devaluation debate also needs careful examination before Labour or Livingstone set off down another dead end.
294. We set off clockwise around the nubble to pick our dinner.
295. Two anglers from London arrived at the draw but immediately set off for home again fearful of travelling conditions.
296. I set off at 5 am but those Sussex lanes are pitch dark, and hilly!
297. He had reached Buffalo at about five-thirty and was so impatient to see the Falls that he set off immediately after breakfast.
298. A short-circuit set off an explosion in the high-pressure chamber, a fire brigade official said.
299. First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right.
300. Thousands of emigrants set off for the New World full of hope.
More similar words: set out, get off, let off, set fire to, get out of, give rise to, face to face, set, asset, set up, upset, set down, closet, settle, see to, let out, get on, get out, setting, set free, set about, set back, set forth, come to, due to, settle for, set aside, set apart, take to, have to.