set off
suomi-englanti sanakirjaset off englannista suomeksi
tasoittaa
lähteä, lähteä matkaan
laukaista
panna liikkeelle
painottaa
lähteä liikkeelle
panna käyntiin
Verbi
saada aikaan, johtaa + illative, aloittaa, panna alulle">panna alulle
set off englanniksi
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''I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument.''
''What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place.''
(quote-video game)|genre=fiction|Science Fiction|location=Redwood City|publisher=Electronic Arts|year=2008|system=PC|scene=Secure Lab, Rift Station, Noveria|isbn=9780784546642|oclc=246633669|text=(w): There are acid tanks rigged up on that thing. Set them off. Millions of my ancestors died to put these things down. Don't let them come back.
To put into an angry mood; to start (a person) ranting or sulking, etc.
''Don't set him off or he won't shut up all day.''
To enhance by emphasizing differences.
''Her plain white dress was set off by a bright red stole.''
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To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.
''My taxes did not increase because the amount of my raise was set off by my losses in the stock market.''
(RQ:James Portrait)
To deface or soil the next sheet; said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry.