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"like a trigger" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that sets off a chain of events or reactions, similar to how a trigger sets off a gun. Example sentence: His harsh words acted like a trigger, causing her to storm out of the room in tears.
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Now it was like a trigger being cocked.
And those first drops are like a trigger.
But it got bad and, as soon as I put my tracksuit on, it was like a trigger.
There's a cue, which is like a trigger for the behavior to start unfolding, A routine, which is the habit itself, the behavior, the automatic sort of doing what you do when you do a habit.
More like a trigger, the worn-down colors redolent of quiet Sunday afternoons shooting stripes and solids with my father at a never-full pool hall near Avenue U. It was a place to test out manhood; no one was really looking.
As soon as my hands hit the ground it felt like a trigger detonated explosives strapped to my elbows.
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After interacting with RANKL and RANK, Ca2+ oscillations are triggered by co-stimulatory receptors, including osteoclast-associated receptor (OSCAR), paired immunoglobulin-like receptor (PIR -A, triggering recePIR -Axpressed on myeloid cell 2 (triggeringd signal-receptorry protexpressed) β1 [ 22].
Accepting a friend request is an innocent click of the mouse for most, but for these men, it was like pulling a trigger.
It was like pulling a trigger.
The brain likes to have a trigger to create a new habit, plus you're more likely to follow through when you're feeling good in your body.
By the start of 1997, the question "Do you like scary movies?" needed a trigger warning.
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