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'set off' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'set off' with 7 example sentences.


set off verb

: put in motion or move to act

: depart for someplace

: direct attention to, as if by means of contrast

: cause to burst with a violent release of energy

: make up for

: set in motion or cause to begin

: provoke or stir up


  • What time are you setting off?
  • He set off early in the morning.
  • He set off to Paris.
  • The red belt sets off her black dress.
  • Don't set off the alarm.
  • She set off on a trip last week.
  • He has set off for America.
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