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Definition of Go off

1. Verb. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. "The accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

2. Verb. Be discharged or activated. "The explosive devices went off"

3. Verb. Go off or discharge. "The gun fired"

4. Verb. Stop running, functioning, or operating. "Our power went off during the hurricane"

5. Verb. Happen in a particular manner. "How did your talk go over?"

6. Verb. Burst inward. "The bottle imploded"

Definition of Go off

1. Verb. (intransitive) To explode. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To begin clanging or making noise. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To depart; to leave. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive UK) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To like less. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Go Off

go in off go in one ear and out the other go in with go into go into one's shells go it alone go jump in the lake go kaflooey go large go mad

go moggy go native go nowhere go nuts go off go off at half-cock go off at score go off half-cocked go off into the weeds go off on one

go off the boil go off the reservation go on go out go out like a light go out of one's way go out on a limb go out the window go over

Literary usage of Go off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... who go off through the single file made by the crowd; soldiers going first, then follow Calpurnia, Portia, and other women, and other senators following ..."

2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... Start (out): — matkaansa (menna) go away, go off, leave, be (1. make) off; — matkalle set out (1. set off I. start) on a Journey (1. on the trip), ..."

3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1816)
"Did you hear a pistol go off?—Yes. How long had Mr. Johnson been in my lord's room before you heard the report of the pistol ?—May-be about half an hour. ..."

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