touch off
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
[edit]touch off (third-person singular simple present touches off, present participle touching off, simple past and past participle touched off)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To start (something); to set off traps; especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.
- Be cautious talking about religion or politics, lest you touch off an argument.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause a fire to start.
- A spark touched off the conflagration.
Translations
[edit]to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed
|