set off
Definition of set off
transitive verb
1a : to put in relief : show up by contrastb : adorn, embellishc : to set apart : make distinct or outstanding
2a : offset, compensate more variety in the Lancashire weather to set off its most disagreeable phases — Geog. Jour.b : to make a setoff of the respective totals shall be set off against one another — O. R. Hobson
3a : to set in motion : cause to beginb : to cause to explode
4 : to measure off on a surface
intransitive verb
: to start out on a course or a journey set off for home
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First Known Use of set off
circa 1598
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