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.
    Synonyms: instigate, provoke; see also Thesaurus:incite
    My letter to the newspaper sparked off an investigation into government corruption.
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