touch off

Speech parts

1. touch off - Verb

2. touch off - Phrase

Meaning

put in motion or move to act

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

trip trigger spark activate actuate spark off trigger off kindle rouse light move produce cause start fire
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Antonyms

cut stop break slow block kill
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Hypernyms

initiate pioneer

Examples

The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or even touch off a war between two other powers for purposes of their own. Herman Kahn

Neither punk nor prom king, Mayer was a tall kid from Connecticut, driving on the freeways, chasing slippery techno women, inhabiting a world of parents and slipcovers and holidays and gracious Southeastern metropolises; he was smart, inquisitive, articulate, a touch off in places. John Mayer

trigger a reaction Source: Internet

actuate the circuits Source: Internet

A faint touch off Toby Alderweireld’s boot sent Mount’s strike on a trajectory that made it impossible for Mignolet to stop. Source: Internet

The first London treaty did touch off a period of the major powers building 6-inch or 6.1-inch gunned cruisers, nominally of 10,000 tons and with up to fifteen guns, the treaty limit. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

touch off

Close letter words and terms

touch of the 'tism touch of the tar brush touch of the tarbrush touch on touch oneself touch out