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.
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.
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012