trigger off

B1 Topic:Cause, Change & Process Phrasal verb

Base verb: trigger

Meanings

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verb
to cause a process or reaction to begin
Phrasal verb · Separable

trigger something off / trigger off something

Usage: The object is the reaction caused to begin; a pronoun precedes off.

The unexpected announcement triggered off a wave of complaints.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
The unexpected announcement triggered off a wave of complaints.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Word family

Forms triggered off

Related forms trigger

Topics

Cause, Change & Process

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