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Go off

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To explode. intransitive

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

  2. 2
    burst inward wordnet
  3. 3
    To fire, especially accidentally. intransitive

    "The gun went off during their struggle."

  4. 4
    be discharged or activated wordnet
  5. 5
    To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited. figuratively, intransitive

    "It all went off when the opposing teams' fans met at the railway station."

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  1. 6
    happen in a particular manner wordnet
  2. 7
    To begin clanging or making noise. intransitive

    "The alarm will go off at six a.m."

  3. 8
    go off or discharge wordnet
  4. 9
    To stop operating; to switch off. intransitive

    "We were watching TV when suddenly the power went off."

  5. 10
    stop running, functioning, or operating wordnet
  6. 11
    To depart; to leave. intransitive

    "Having sated her appetite, she went off in search of a place to sleep."

  7. 12
    run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along wordnet
  8. 13
    To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way. Australia, Canada, UK, intransitive

    "Bugger—the milk's gone off already!"

  9. 14
    To like gradually less. transitive

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

  10. 15
    To cure; to set. UK, intransitive

    "I've got to get the panels aligned quickly now because the epoxy resin will go off within 20 minutes or so."

  11. 16
    To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished; to happen. intransitive

    "The party went off very well."

  12. 17
    To ejaculate; to orgasm. slang
  13. 18
    To perform extremely well; to be impressive or attractive; often used to express encouragement. intransitive

    "Go off, queen!"

  14. 19
    To follow or extrapolate from something; to judge by. transitive

    "Going off the interview alone, she seemed like the perfect employee."

  15. 20
    To fall unconscious; to go to sleep; to die. intransitive, slang

    "One day I'll go off, but until then, I'm in charge around here."

  16. 21
    To get married. UK, archaic, intransitive, slang

    "We can only hope she'll go off soon."

  17. 22
    To be spent, disbursed or used up. archaic, intransitive, slang

    "All his money goes off as soon as he earns it."

  18. 23
    To rant; to talk at length negatively; to insult or criticize. intransitive, slang

    "They went off about all the problems around here."

  19. 24
    To fight or attack. intransitive, slang

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