touch someone or something off

touch someone or something off
touch someone or something off
Fig. to ignite or excite someone or something; to excite anger or chaos. •

She is very excitable. The slightest thing will touch her off.

The appearance of the fox touched off a furor in the henhouse.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • touch — touch1 [ tʌtʃ ] verb *** ▸ 1 put body part on someone/something ▸ 2 have no space between ▸ 3 affect emotions ▸ 4 change/influence someone/something ▸ 5 eat/drink something ▸ 6 use something ▸ 7 work on something ▸ 8 deal with someone/something ▸ …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • touch — [[t]tʌ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦♦ touches, touching, touched 1) VERB If you touch something, you put your hand onto it in order to feel it or to make contact with it. [V n] Her tiny hands gently touched my face... [V n] Don t touch that dial... [V …   English dictionary

  • touch — touch1 W2S2 [tʌtʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(feel)¦ 2¦(no space between)¦ 3 touch something to something 4¦(affect somebody s feelings)¦ 5¦(have an effect)¦ 6¦(use)¦ 7 not touch something 8 not touch somebody/something 9¦(deal with somebody/something)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • touch — 1 /tVtS/ verb FEEL SB/STH PHYSICALLY 1 (T) to put your hand or another part of your body on something or someone so that you can feel them: Small children are constantly moving and wanting to touch everything. | She couldn t bear the thought of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • touch */*/*/ — I UK [tʌtʃ] / US verb Word forms touch : present tense I/you/we/they touch he/she/it touches present participle touching past tense touched past participle touched 1) [transitive] to put your hand or part of your body on someone or something Beth …   English dictionary

  • touch — verb 1》 come into or be in contact with.     ↘come or bring into mutual contact.     ↘bring one s hand or another part of one s body into contact with.     ↘strike (a ball) lightly in a specified direction. 2》 harm or interfere with.     ↘[usu.… …   English new terms dictionary

  • Touch Detective — Cover art Developer(s) BeeWorks Publisher(s) …   Wikipedia

  • keep your hands off — informal phrase to not touch someone or something Thesaurus: to stop holding or touching somethingsynonym Main entry: hand …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep your hands off — informal to not touch someone or something …   English dictionary

  • touch — touchable, adj. touchableness, touchability, n. toucher, n. touchless, adj. /tuch/, v.t. 1. to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously. 2. to come into contact with and perceive ( …   Universalium

  • Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor — Infobox Television show name = Touch Me, I m Karen Taylor caption = Touch Me, I m Karen Taylor format = Sketch comedy camera = Multiple camera| runtime = 30 mins creator = Karen Taylor director = Ben Kellett executive producer = Jon Thoday,… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”