TOUCH OFF


Meaning of TOUCH OFF in English

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.