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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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