Saturday, January 31, 2015

the meaning of "set off" in the context



Jaspers even records a dream in which, during a tense conversation with some of Heidegger's critics, his friend suddenly approached and addressed him for the first time with the familiar du. The two then set off together, alone.



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What do you think "set off" means in the context of the above sentence. I considered the different meanings of the phrasal verb "set off" but none makes much sense for me.



Answer



According to English Thesaurus, the meanings of set off, can be, among the many meanings, compensation or departure. In this case set off means depart, leave... Does it sound crazy?


Together, means, (the main meaning is accompaniment, junction, union) but it can means in some cases: synchronism (according to English Thesaurus), when adverb. In this phrase together means in context at the same time. So the meaning of this phrase can be understood as:




The two then set off (leave) together (at the same time), alone.



In this definition, together can mean at the same time in some cases


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