1. [verb] (idiomatic) (intransitive) To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
2. [verb] (idiomatic) (transitive) To begin; to cause; to initiate.
3. [verb] (idiomatic) (transitive) To cause to explode.
4. [verb] (idiomatic) (transitive) To make angry.
5. [verb] (idiomatic) (transitive) To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.
6. [verb] (printing) (historical) To deface or soil the next sheet; said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry.