set off
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.43 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He set off in search of better opportunities."
- "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 and set off unattended on to the main line."
- "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 it sets off again on what must be one of the most dreary journeys in the world."
- "I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument."
- "When he started giggling, it set us all off too."
- "What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place."