set off lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• to stress, single out as important "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
• set in motion or cause to begin "The guide set the tour off to a good start"
• direct attention to, as if by means of contrast "This dress accentuates your nice figure!" "I set off these words by brackets"
• provoke or stir up "incite a riot" "set off great unrest among the people"
• put in motion or move to act "trigger a reaction" "actuate the circuits"
• leave "The family took off for Florida"
• make up for "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
• cause to burst with a violent release of energy "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
• cause to explode "We exploded the nuclear bomb"