spark off
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[edit]Verb
[edit]spark off (third-person singular simple present sparks off, present participle sparking off, simple past and past participle sparked off)
- (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.