"touch off" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "touches off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touching off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touched off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touched off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "touch off (third-person singular simple present touches off, present participle touching off, simple past and past participle touched off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Be cautious talking about religion or politics, lest you touch off an argument."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed."
      ],
      "id": "en-touch_off-en-verb-GOYkfa1m",
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed",
          "word": "déclencher"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed",
          "word": "auslösen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed",
          "word": "desencadear"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed",
          "word": "desencadenar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-touch off.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/En-au-touch_off.ogg/En-au-touch_off.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/En-au-touch_off.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "touch off"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "touches off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touching off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touched off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "touched off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "touch off (third-person singular simple present touches off, present participle touching off, simple past and past participle touched off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (off)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Be cautious talking about religion or politics, lest you touch off an argument."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-touch off.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/En-au-touch_off.ogg/En-au-touch_off.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/En-au-touch_off.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed",
      "word": "déclencher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed",
      "word": "auslösen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed",
      "word": "desencadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed",
      "word": "desencadenar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "touch off"
}