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20 May
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What is the difference between set out and set off ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between set out and set off ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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20 May
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“I set off to get some pizza”
“I set out to get some pizza”
Have the same meaning, to leave a place for the purpose of getting pizza.
“Set off” can also be used to say someone made someone else get angry.
“He set off the teacher when he interrupted the class.”
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
- English (US)
“I set off to get some pizza”
“I set out to get some pizza”
Have the same meaning, to leave a place for the purpose of getting pizza.
“Set off” can also be used to say someone made someone else get angry.
“He set off the teacher when he interrupted the class.”
- Simplified Chinese (China)
- Simplified Chinese (China)

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