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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211. They will be able to set off the tax credit against part of this liability.
212. The two groups set off across the desert westwards towards Ghadames.
213. I at once applied for leave, which was granted, and set off for Edinburgh on the overnight train.
214. The river is full to the brim and quite placid so we set off again.
215. Many West Berlin pensioners, who had set off to visit relatives and friends in the East, looked scared.
216. Budget cuts set off a whole new brouhaha at the university.
217. Each morning we set off to hunt soon after dawn.
218. I cajoled John into agreeing then set off to the pet store to select the appropriate creature.
219. They set off on a 10 mile hike across the island.
220. She stood up, instructed her legs to stop feeling like jelly[sentencedict.com], and set off after the machine.
221. It gives me a chance to catch my breath before we set off again.
222. He subsequently decided to do penance for the deed, and set off to his foundation at Agaune.
223. But the Mobbs had a panic button in the house, and Mrs Mobbs set off the alarm.
224. A walkway from the street, set off from the sidewalk by a stone wall, led to a side entrance.
225. The sky was cloudy when Giles set off after an early breakfast.
226. You had a magic haircut achieved without scissors and set off the smoke-alarm by scorching the toast.
227. Usually in May we hire a coach and about 50 of us set off on a 3-day, 2-night hotel stay.
228. Promising herself that she would explore it all properly later, she set off to find accommodation.
229. It is characteristic of most research writing that topic areas are set off, underlined or otherwise made highly visible.
229. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
230. She set off about an hour later, the pockets of her waterproof stocked with chocolate bars against starvation.
231. The reason for this double act becomes obvious the minute you set off.
232. The biggest excitement of the day was when Joe accidentally set off the fire alarm.
233. She set off round the perimeter of the vast doorway, looking for anything that resembled a control panel.
234. They had selected a full-skirted velvet frock in a deep royal blue which set off her auburn hair.
235. We set off, with our rucksacks, and half way up the farmhouse had disappeared into the mist.
236. To cheers and aahs he emerged on the far bank, shook himself and set off in dripping pursuit.
237. Dara fled back to Agra and set off on the road to Delhi without daring to face his father.
238. Whether or not the proposal is enacted, it may well set off a national debate.
239. Then again, maybe he knew from experience that he would set off a stampede toward the showers.
240. Nevertheless I set off northwards, feeling sure that there would be other accommodation along the way.
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.