phrasal verb

Trigger off

Letter TInseparable

Trigger off

Make someone angry

Meanings

  • Make someone angry (separable [optional], International English)
  • Start, set off (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • Their remarks TRIGGERED him OFF and he started shouting at them.
  • The crisis was TRIGGERED OFF by government's failed policies.

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