spark off

English

Verb

spark off (third-person singular simple present sparks off, present participle sparking off, simple past and past participle sparked off)

  1. (transitive) To initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.
    My letter to the newspaper sparked off an investigation into government corruption.
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