Set-off Definition

verb

(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to begin a journey or trip.

He set off in search of better opportunities.
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(idiomatic) To begin; to cause; to initiate.

I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument.
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(idiomatic) To cause to explode.

What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place.
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(idiomatic) To make angry.

Don't set him off or he won't shut up all day.
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(idiomatic) 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.
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noun

That which is set off against another thing; an offset.

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(dated) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.

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(law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.

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(printing) An offset.

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Other Word Forms of Set-off

Noun

Singular:
set-off
Plural:
set-offs

Set-off Sentence Examples

  • The dark interior set off caution bells again.

  • But life on a farm was not to his liking, and at sixteen he left home and set off to make a living in some other way.

  • All now set off together to recapture Havre from the English.

  • They are only used for floor rugs, and the males are more highly esteemed on account of the set-off of the mane.

  • Originally a part of Bergen, it was set off as a township in 1861.

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