set off

phrasal verbPart ofset

set off — phrasal verb

1. to begin a journey, or to make something — like an alarm, a bomb, or laughter —

1.片語動詞
釋義

to begin a journey, or to make something — like an alarm, a bomb, or laughter — suddenly start.

例句

Roya set off for the train station before the sun had risen.

The smoke from the burnt toast set off every alarm in the house.