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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.
They are only used for floor rugs, and the males are more highly esteemed on account of the set-off of the mane.
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.
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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