Explode a bomb
Meanings
- Explode a bomb (separable [optional], International English)
- Ring an alarm (separable [optional], International English)
- Start a journey (intransitive, International English)
- Counterbalance a debt (separable [optional], International English)
- Provide a visual contrast that looks good (separable [optional], International English)
- Cause, trigger events (separable [optional], International English)
Examples
- Terrorists SET OFF a car bomb in the city centre last night. Fortunately, no-one was hurt or killed.
- The smoke SET the fire alarm OFF.
- We SET OFF for work at seven-thirty.
- The company SET OFF its overseas debts against it profits at home.
- The dark frame SETS the pale drawing OFF well.
- The pay freeze SET OFF a wave of strikes.