Verb: touch off tú-chóf
- Put in motion, initiate (a device, reaction, circuit, etc)
"touch off the circuits";
- trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off
- Cause to start, provoke or initiate (usually something negative or violent)
"touched off riots"; "touch off a huge argument";
- kick off [informal], spark off, spark, set off, trigger
Derived forms: touching off, touches off, touched off