Examples of 'set off' in a sentence
Meaning of "set off"
Set off: To begin a journey or start a particular course of action
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- To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
- To begin; to cause; to initiate.
- To cause to explode, let off.
- To put into an angry mood; to start (a person) ranting or sulking, etc.
How to use "set off" in a sentence
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We will probably set off in about an hour.
We set off first thing in the morning.
Not enough to set off alarm bells.
We set off the day after tomorrow.
My team did not set off the alarm.
She set off her emergency beacon.
Please do not set off the bomb.
You set off a powder keg here.
You are gonna set off the alarm.
You set off your own beeper.
The two beasts set off at a trot.
Then set off those paper lanterns.
Your instincts set off the alarms.
To set off the smoke alarm in there.
It seems it will set off alarms everywhere.
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Can set off a manic or depressive episode.
We have not set off any alarms.
I set off the alarm with my cigarette.
Pakistan just set off a nuclear device.
He set off in the direction in which he came.
The remote to set off the explosives.
We set off to finish the family ale.
I am just gonna set off the sprinklers.
You set off a bomb on a military base.
They are about to set off in five minutes.
She set off on a trip last week.
It was not even set off this time.
I would set off the explosives as a distraction.
It will really set off the rest.
Peng set off the mass hysteria.
Means my phone set off that bomb.
This set off his jealous mother.
We do not want to set off any alarms.
Let us set off the particle accelerator.
They still need to be triggered to be set off.
I will set off the first one.
An excess of catecholamine could set off an arrhythmia.
It might set off all the mines.
At least they were when they set off.
You have to set off early tomorrow.
Load it up on my back and we can set off.
Must have set off some alarms.
If we are anywhere near it and we set off a spark.
It could set off thermals or a gas cloud.
There are two that set off my radar.
I only set off the fire alarm.
The next morning we set off again.
You should set off as soon as possible.
The system should not be set off.
Or we could set off the fire alarm.
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