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spark off

spark off verb: to initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.

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.

Synonyms of spark off

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Forms of spark off

third-person singular presentsparks off
present participlesparking off
past participlesparked off
pastsparked off

Questions about spark off

What does spark off mean?
Spark off means to initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.
What part of speech is spark off?
Spark off is a verb.
What is the past tense of spark off?
The past tense of spark off is sparked off.

Words near spark off in the dictionary

  1. spark coils
  2. spark gap
  3. spark gaps
  4. spark knock
  5. spark knocks
  6. spark off
  7. spark out
  8. spark plug
  9. spark plugs
  10. spark spread
  11. spark spreads

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