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Значение идиомы touch off
[touch off] {v.} 1. To cause to fire or explode by lighting thepriming or the fuse.
The boy touched off a firecracker.
Compare:SET OFF. 2. To start something as if by lighting a fuse.
Thecoach’s resignation touched off a quarrel.
Compare: SET OFF.
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