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touch off

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touch off something
to cause something violent or destructive to start. Plans for a new homeless shelter touched off a storm of protest. Windblown wires touched off the blaze. There was a dramatic fall in stock prices, and no one is sure what touched it off.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of touch off (= to cause an old-fashioned gun to fire)
See also: touch


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