set off
Language: en
Meaning: (idiomatic,intransitive)Toleave; toset out; to begin ajourneyortrip.Synonyms:set forth,take off;see alsoThesaurus:leaveHeset offin search of better opportunities.1941October, “Notes and News: A Highland Runaway”, inRailway Magazine, page469:Considerable excitement was caused on the L.M.S.R. Aberdeen line out of Perth recently when a shunting engine in Perth North goods yard, whose driver and fireman were absent, was accidentally set in motion by a shunter andset offunattended on to the main line.1956March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, inRailway Magazine, page165:The train is booked to stop at Jiza for only three minutes, but more often than not twenty minutes or more are spent on shunting before itsets offagain on what must be one of the most dreary journeys in the world.; (idiomatic,transitive)Tobegin; tocause; toinitiate.Synonyms:bring forth,produce;see alsoThesaurus:create,Thesaurus:inciteCoordinate term:kick offI had no idea that one simple comment wouldset offsuch a huge argument.; (idiomatic,transitive)To cause toexplode,let off.Synonyms:blow up,detonate,touch offWhat a tragedy, that someone wouldset offa bomb in a crowded place.2008,BioWare,Mass Effect(Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Secure Lab, Rift Station, Noveria:Wrex: There are acid tanks rigged up on that thing.Setthemoff. Millions of my ancestors died to put these things down. Don't let them come back.; (idiomatic,transitive)To put into anangrymood; to start (a person) ranting or sulking, etc.Synonyms:incense,put out;see alsoThesaurus:enrageDon'tsethimoffor he won't shut up all day.; (idiomatic,transitive)Toenhancebyemphasizingdifferences.Her plain white dress wasset offby a bright red stole.1902, John Buchan,The Outgoing of the Tide:And then one afternoon in the hinder end of April came young Heriotside riding to the Skerburnfoot. His arm was healed, he had got him a fine new suit of green, and his horse was a mettle beast that wellset offhis figure.; (idiomatic,transitive)Tooffset, tocompensatefor: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.Synonyms:counter,counteract,negate,offstandMy taxes did not increase because the amount of my raise wasset offby my losses in the stock market.1908,Henry James, chapter XXXIX, inThe Portrait of a Lady(The Novels and Tales of Henry James), New York edition, volume(please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons,→OCLC; republished asThe Portrait of a Lady(EBook #283), United States:Project Gutenberg, 1 September 2001:When a woman had made such a mistake, there was only one way to repair it,—to accept it. One folly was enough, especially it was to last for ever; a second one would not muchsetitoff.; (printing,historical)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.
Examples:EN: Then the pushcart peddlers set off through the crowded streets.
ES: Los vendedores ambulantes con sus carritos atraviesan las calles repletas de gente.
EN: Plenty existed only in the imagination of the people, who, raging against some alleged hoarders, set off to raid the bakeries...
ES: La abundancia no existía más que en la imaginación del pueblo, quien, despotricando contra los acaparadores, asaltaba los hornos.
EN: Thus Lucia was obliged to leave her mother and follow Donna Prassede, whilst Don Rodrigo his loathsome deed having now proved futile, he too set off for Milan.
ES: Así, Lucia se ve forzada a abandonar a su madre para seguir a doña Prassede. Mientras, don Rodrigo al ver que su abominable empresa ha sido vana, también parte hacia Milán.
EN: That mercenary army set off to besiege Mantua, leaving the devastation and death in its wake!
ES: Aquel ejército mercenario se fue al asedio de Mantua, dejando a su paso la devastación y el azote.
EN: Mochizuki and his only son Tokutaro set off on a life of wandering.
ES: Mochizuki y su único hijo Tokutaro se embarcaron en una vida errante.
EN: You'll see then, darling, that your life will be even more beautiful. We'll set off.
ES: Y ya verás, cariño, que tu vida será maravillosa.
EN: You should have a place that would set off that fine body of yours... yellow hair and pale face.
ES: Deberías vivir en un lugar que diera realce a tu bello cuerpo... cabellos rubios y rostro pálido.
EN: Sure, you set off all the alarms.
ES: Claro, tú activas todas las alarmas.
EN: I set off the whole box right in the store.
ES: I arranca toda la caja justo en la tienda.
EN: Once everything has been executed according to plan, the bank's alarms must be set off to simulate a burglary interrupted in progress.
ES: Una vez todo se haya ejecutado de acuerdo con el plan, las alarmas del banco deben ser desconectadas para simular un robo interrumpido en progreso.
EN: We'II set off once loading's completed.
ES: Zarparemos en cuanto acaben de cargar.
EN: What is that? ─ Somebody set off the burglar alarm.
ES: Alguien conectó la alarma.
EN: When Shiraito regained consciousness, he set off back to Takaoka.
ES: Y para cuando lo recuperó, él ya había regresado a Takaoka.
EN: Fire made directly under automatic apparatus... so heat will set off alarm more quickly before much damage.
ES: El fuego se hizo justo debajo de aparato automático... para que el calor activara la alarma más rápidamente antes de causar gran daño.
EN: get in the car and set off again.
ES: Se suben al autobús y se van.
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