set off for

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Stella's daughter, Caitlin-Rose, and Bob's daughter Caitlin, whose middle name is Rose, both set off for school and never came home.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

In July 1987, Gil, then 26 years old, donned a T-shirt with the phrase “Justice is a constant struggle” and set off for the clink in Kansas.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

In 1925 he set off for Paris where, Ms. Albers writes, he helped pioneer a style of photography that eschewed working in a studio in favor of “prowling the city” for snapshots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He put to memory the workings of the Arkwright apparatus and, after his apprenticeship ended, set off for America.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Unluckily for Poncelet, he entered the army just as Napoleon set off for Moscow in 1812.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife