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Definition of Touch off
1. Verb. Put in motion or move to act. "Actuate the circuits"
Causes: Come About, Fall Out, Go On, Hap, Happen, Occur, Pass, Pass Off, Take Place
Generic synonyms: Initiate, Pioneer
Derivative terms: Activation, Act, Actuation, Actuator, Spark, Trigger, Trip, Tripper
Definition of Touch off
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Touch Off
Literary usage of Touch off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"The touch-off consists in a touching of the hand of each relay by the incoming
... A distance of 20 feet is allowed in which to accomplish this touch-off, ..."
2. Physical Health and Recreation for Girls: A Handbook for Girls and Volunteer by Mary Eliza Moxcey (1920)
"When the competing teams are arranged in this way the start shall be made at the
usual signal by number 1 of each team, who shall run forward and touch off ..."
3. The Springfield Survey: Study of Social Conditions in an American City by Shelby Millard Harrison, Russell Sage Foundation Dept. of Surveys and Exhibits, Springfield Survey Committee (Springfield, Ill.) (1918)
"When this is done she shall call "A1l-Up" and running back touch off the girl
standing first in the line. ALL-UP RELAY Should a club fall after a player has ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1920)
"... fundamental for our perception of length as given cutaneously; though sensory
or imaginal elements of other kinds may touch-off or carry the meaning. ..."
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