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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91. He set off with a light heart.
92. We crammed into my car and set off.
93. They've set off for the long trudge home.
94. The runners set off at a blistering pace.
95. The shooting party set off shortly before dawn.
96. I set off, full of optimism.
97. We set off in a southerly direction.
98. The rain came just as we set off.
99. He flexed his muscles, then set off to run.
100. Any movement could have set off the bomb.
101. I set off for work with a light heart.
102. She set off in the early morning.
103. We set off at a fast trot.
104. He set off for a nineteen-day moose hunt in Nova Scotia.
105. Lucy set off at a leisurely pace back to the hotel.
106. It set off a chain reaction in the international money markets.
107. I set off at a snail's pace to conserve my energy for later in the race.
108. The change of plan set off a chain reaction of confusion.
109. If uncontrolled, the shortage would set off a new rise in meat prices.
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110. The news that the chairman would resign set off seismic waves in the business community.
111. Insurance was the last thing on my mind when we set off that day.
112. We set off inland.
113. We'd only just set off when the car broke down.
114. We reboarded the coach and set off on a magical mystery tour in search of tea.
115. The youngsters set off string after string of firecrackers to mark Spring Festival.
116. They were going to set off in the fog, but were dissuaded.
117. A part of the money was set off for the building of a science boardinghouse.
118. The new yellow cushions nicely set off the pale green of the chair covers.
119. Jack's remarks set off rumours that he had been elbowed aside.
120. Panic on the stock market set off a wave of selling.
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.