Go-off meaning

(intransitive) 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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(intransitive) To explode.

The bomb went off right after the president left his office.

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(intransitive) To fire, especially accidentally.

The gun went off during their struggle.

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(intransitive) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry.

When the boss came to know about the scheme, he went off, shouting and throwing everything away.

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(intransitive) 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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(intransitive, 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 like less.

Ever since falling off my bike, she's gone off cycling to work.

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Go-off Sentence Examples

  • I'll take the plunge and go off grid, I can do that stuff.

  • You don't need for Howie to go off the deep end.

  • They let us go off by ourselves for the whole afternoon while they messed around.

  • When disturbed they go off at a swift trot, which soon leaves all pursuit from a man on foot far behind; but if chased by a horseman they break into a gallop, which they can keep up for some distance.

  • The liquors after a concentration in iron vessels are now evaporated in a silver dish, until the heavy vapour of the hydrate is seen to go off.

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