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Meanings of touch off in English

Portuguese
activar
Spanish
provocar

Put in motion or move to act.

activar
Usage of touch off in English
1
It could touch off a flurry of dealmaking in the United States.
Reuters
2
If I don't rejoin you by four o'clock touch off the explosive.
The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds
3
The slowdown in the American consumer has helped touch off the global crisis.
Reuters
4
Boys must not touch off their squibs and crackers too near the powder-magazine.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
5
For those opposed, it is likely to touch off a flurry of lawsuits.
Reuters
6
We've stayed in touch off and on so I phoned him.
Silence of the grave
7
Gómez's long-range, wayward shot took a telling touch off the unwitting Graham's heel.
The Guardian
8
This could touch off a whole epidemic of sabotage and other spy activity!
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X
9
Wouldn't you like to touch off a few powder-kegs for amusement?
Blindfolded
10
Figures like these helped to touch off a recent surge higher in wheat prices.
Reuters
11
Are rugby's biggest stars a soft touch off the pitch?
The Guardian
12
Jorlis had always seemed to be a touch off.
Wizardborn
13
So I've got me plenty of kilograms of liquid Vee-Two, all ready to touch off.
Triplanetary
14
Quick jumped Pavelski to touch off a nine-player mini-scrum.
Reuters
15
The Yahoo deal will almost certainly touch off additional litigation by investors complaining Verizon is underpaying.
Reuters
16
Use it first to touch off a roll of birch-bark which you hold in your hand.
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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