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Another word for set-off

set off Synonyms

set off

v.

To contrast
set apart, be different, appear different, be the opposite; see contrast 1, offset.
To explode
touch off, set the spark to, detonate; see explode 1.
To begin
start out, set forth, set out, get under way; see begin 2.

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Another word for set off

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Most depart from Kailua-Kona, though a few set-off from the Kohala Coast, close to the string of resorts that occupy the bay front.
The new premier succeeded in persuading the Riksdag to pass a bill increasing the period of service with the colours in the army to six years and that in the militia to forty-two days, and as a set-off a remission of 3 o% on the land taxes.
They are only used for floor rugs, and the males are more highly esteemed on account of the set-off of the mane.
At the same time the duke of Lorraine defeated Marshal Crequi (August 11th) at Conzer Briicke on the Moselle, and recaptured Trier (September 6th), which, as a set-off against Bonn, Turenne had taken in the autumn of 1673.
It was a trifling set-off that in 1567 the pope again enjoined the fathers to keep choir and to admit only the professed to priests' orders, especially as Gregory XIII.

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