Usually means: Initiate or trigger an event.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word touch off:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. touch off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. touch off: Merriam-Webster
  3. touch off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. touch off: Vocabulary.com
  5. touch off: Wiktionary
  6. touch off: Dictionary.com
  7. Touch Off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. touch off: Rhymezone
  9. touch off: FreeDictionary.org
  10. touch off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. touch off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. touch off: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. touch off: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. touch off: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. touch off: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (touch off)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To start (something); to set off traps; especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To cause a fire to start.
verb:  (machining) To establish a reference coordinate or datum, by moving the tool head to just touch the workpiece or machine bed.

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