set off alarm
1set off alarm bells — to warn of trouble and the need for action. The report about worldwide climate change should sound alarm bells in every community …
2set off alarm bells — cause concern, activate warning systems …
3set off — ► set off 1) begin a journey. 2) cause (a bomb or alarm) to go off. 3) serve as decorative embellishment to. Main Entry: ↑set …
4set off — 1) PHRASAL VERB When you set off, you start a journey. [V P prep/adv] Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut... [V P prep/adv] The President s envoy set off on another diplomatic trip... [V P] I set off, full of optimism. Syn:… …
5set off — phrasal verb Word forms set off : present tense I/you/we/they set off he/she/it sets off present participle setting off past tense set off past participle set off 1) [intransitive] to start a journey, or to start going in a particular direction… …
6set off — phr verb Set off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑expedition, ↑procession Set off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alarm, ↑bomb, ↑explosion, ↑explosive, ↑fire alarm, ↑firework, ↑mine, ↑reaction …
7set off — start, trigger Who set off the fire alarm? Who pushed the button? …
8alarm bell — a larm ,bell noun 1. ) count a bell that rings to warn you of danger 2. ) alarm bells plural something that makes you feel something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen: The report should set off alarm bells about standards in education …
9set — /set/, v., set, setting, n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table. 2. to place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet. 3. to place in some relation to something …
10set*/*/*/ — [set] (past tense and past participle set) verb I 1) [T] to put someone or something in a position, or to be in a particular place or position Tea s ready, he told them and set down the tray.[/ex] She set the baby on the floor to play.[/ex] 2)… …
