End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Setting off is an antonym for end.
Setting off
Both terms in one sentence
- The last humans spend the episode trying to reach it, finally setting off in a rocket by the end.
Source: Utopia -
At the end it turns out it was Logan's J-Phone from Japan that was setting off the fire alarm.
Source: Series / Zoey 101 -
At the end they celebrated Uwekoolani Sr.'s retirement by setting off fireworks, which were revealed to him like this: Uwekoolani Sr: What are they doing?
Source: Series / Deadliest Catch
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