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go off

verb 19
go-off noun 1
forms 5

verb19

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To depart; to leave.
- Having sated her appetite, she went off in search of a place to sleep.
- I don't know where he's going—he went off without a word.
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To explode.
- The bomb went off right after the president left his office.
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To fire, especially accidentally.
- The gun went off during their struggle.
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To begin clanging or making noise.
- The alarm will go off at six a.m.
- Just after he spotted the first plane on the horizon, sirens started to go off around the city.
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(UK, Australia) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.
- Bugger—the milk's gone off already!
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To stop operating; to switch off.
- We were watching TV when suddenly the power went off.
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Of dairy cattle, to stop producing milk.
- ‘I suppose no other mahn in th’ district feeds as well as I do, and yet they’re goin’ off - goin’ off to th’ very divil.’ — 1911
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To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished; to happen.
- The party went off very well.
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(figurative) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.
- It all went off when the opposing teams' fans met at the railway station.
- When the boss came to know about the scheme, he went off, shouting and throwing everything away.
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(slang) To rant; to talk at length negatively; to insult or criticize.
- They went off about all the problems around here.
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To like gradually less.
- Ever since falling off her bike, she's gone off cycling to work.
- We needed a vet visit because some of the cattle had gone off their feed.
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To follow or extrapolate from something; to assume as true or to judge by.
- Going off the interview alone, she seemed like the perfect employee.
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To perform extremely well; to be impressive or attractive; often used to express encouragement.
- Go off, queen!
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(slang) To fall unconscious; to go to sleep; to die.
- One day I'll go off, but until then, I'm in charge around here.
(slang) To ejaculate; to orgasm.
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(UK) To cure; to set.
- I've got to get the panels aligned quickly now because the epoxy resin will go off within 20 minutes or so.
(slang) To fight or attack.
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(slang, no longer used) To get married.
- We can only hope she'll go off soon.
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(slang, no longer used) To be spent, disbursed or used up.
- All his money goes off as soon as he earns it.

go-off noun1

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start; beginning; commencement
- Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street. — 1922

forms

went off · gone off · going off · goes off · go-offs

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