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- set off a bomb
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- the architect used stone carvings as setoffs for the building's marble facing
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“Set off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/set%20off. Accessed 24 May. 2022.
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The first known use of set off was circa 1598
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