set sth off betydelse and definition

Betydelse av set sth off på svenska

• 0 to cause an activity or event, often a series of events, to begin or happen:

  • The court's initial verdict in the police officers' trial set off serious riots.

  • Terrorists set off a bomb in the city centre.

  • Somebody set the alarm off on my car.

• 1 to make something look attractive by providing a contrast (= attractive difference) to it:

  • The new yellow cushions nicely set off the pale green of the chair covers.

• 2 to cause an activity or event, often a series of events, to begin or happen:

  • Cheap money set off a boom in personal borrowing, especially against homes.

  • The proposed sale has set off an avalanche of protest.