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Answer for the clue "Begin a trip ", 6 letters:
setoff

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly [syn: set-back , offset ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Offset \Off"set`\, n. [Off + set. Cf. Set-off .] In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as: (Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek . A sum, account, ...

Usage examples of setoff.

His luggage had arrived from his hotel, the bill had been paid, and shortly before noon the two of them, accompanied by the driver of the previous night, setoff for Bayreuth.

In all cases she was buried out of sight, and the actual prospect of buying a trousseau that would realise the most ecstatic day-dreams might be accepted as a setoff against the doubtful antecedents of a deceased mother--in-law.