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set off

verb
  1. To leave; to begin a journey or trip.

    "He set off in search of better opportunities."

  2. To begin; to cause; to initiate.

    "I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument."

  3. To cause to explode, let off.

    "What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place."

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