The phrase "and set it off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to initiating or triggering something, often in a context related to events or actions.
Example: "He decided to light the fuse and set it off, causing a spectacular display of fireworks."
Alternatives: "and trigger it" or "and activate it".
Thomas's most spectacular act is to pack a bomb in a hollowed-out volume of "Das Kapital" and set it off in a crowded bookstore.
(In fact there is an incentive to take the loss and set it off against other taxable gains).But there are contrary forces at work.
His talent, coupled with a blustery persona and Bunyanesque physique, was the spark that lighted baseball's populist fuse and set it off into prime-time glory.
In a 1991 Tom Clancy novel, "The Sum of All Fears," Islamic terrorists find and rebuild an Israeli nuclear weapon and set it off at the Super Bowl.
The blast was purportedly carried out by two men who boarded a bus from Jammu with a briefcase bomb on Sept. 4 and set it off three days later.
"If somebody does get past that first line and up against the building — if they were to carry a bomb in a backpack or something like that and set it off — we have resistance at the base of the building".
"We recently acquired a 19th-century period frame for 'Autumn' that has utterly transformed the painting," she said, "enhancing its pictorial depth and setting it off as the American masterpiece it truly is".
It sounds treacly, but Linklater handles the sentiment with a light touch of acerbity and sets it off against another dramatic element, the troubled undercurrents that arise inevitably from the student-athlete's circumstances.
"And you set it off and it just goes.
Asna picked up the weapon and accidentally set it off, hitting Rashid.
Skip that lightweight squib of misogyny and go for "Set It Off," a doomy gallop.
