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View synonyms for touch off
touch off
verb
- to cause to explode, as by touching with a match
- to cause (a disturbance, violence, etc) to begin
the marchers' action touched off riots
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I told you we ought tove let go and skipped six weeks ago, he said, that was the time for the touch-off.
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The second player should be waiting for this "touch-off" with toe on the starting line and hand outstretched.
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The simple "touch-off," and not the handing of flags, is customary in athletic procedure.
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Christmas prize-day of course came in for a good share of the description, and contained a touch-off for everybody.
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