touch+off
11touch off — {v.} 1. To cause to fire or explode by lighting the priming or the fuse. * /The boy touched off a firecracker./ Compare: SET OFF. 2. To start something as if by lighting a fuse. * /The coach s resignation touched off a quarrel./ Compare: SET OFF …
12touch off — {v.} 1. To cause to fire or explode by lighting the priming or the fuse. * /The boy touched off a firecracker./ Compare: SET OFF. 2. To start something as if by lighting a fuse. * /The coach s resignation touched off a quarrel./ Compare: SET OFF …
13touch\ off — v 1. To cause to fire or explode by lighting the priming or the fuse. The boy touched off a firecracker. Compare: set off 2. To start something as if by lighting a fuse. The coach s resignation touched off a quarrel. Compare: set off …
14touch off — Synonyms and related words: backfire, bank, blast, blow out, blow up, burn, burst, bust, conflagrate, detonate, discharge, enkindle, explode, fan the flame, feed, feed the fire, fire, fulminate, go off, ignite, inflame, kindle, let off, light,… …
15touch off — start an argument or a fight, set off His remark about gun control touched off a heated discussion …
16touch off — 1) cause to fire or explode by lighting the fuse The fire at the oil refinery touched off an explosion that destroyed many tanks. 2) start something The arrest of the labor leader touched off a riot among the citizens …
17touch off — the action touched off a string of protests Syn: cause, spark, trigger, start, set in motion, ignite, stir up, provoke, give rise to, lead to, generate, set off …
18touch off — 1. Delineate lightly, touch, sketch, mark out hastily. 2. Discharge, apply the match to …
19touch off — transitive verb Date: circa 1765 1. to describe or characterize with precision 2. a. to cause to explode by or as if by touching with fire b. to provoke or initiate with sudden intensity < the verdict touched off local riots > …
20touch — ► VERB 1) come into or be in contact with. 2) come or bring into mutual contact. 3) bring one s hand or another part of one s body into contact with. 4) harm or interfere with. 5) use or consume. 6) have an effect on. 7) (often …
