Go off

"Go off" in a Sentence (30 examples)

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

You see the thing had gone off like a box of matches.

The gun went off during their struggle.

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.

I watched a high official on "inspection" tease and purposeflly cause a 63 year old man to go off and then made fun of the elderly man.

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.

We were watching TV when suddenly the power went off.

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

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I don't know where he's going—he went off without a word.

I was intimidated by the other men on her design course, and became convinced that she was going to go off with one of them. She went off with one of them.

Bugger—the milk's gone off already!

1987 September 3, Unpalatable Treatment, New Scientist, page 20, But to cast out a technique that could not only reduce the incidence of food poisoning but could also allow us to move away from another bete noire of the “technophobes” — chemical treatment to prevent stored grain from going off— is daft

Don′t expect to store fragile food like fish, poultry and meat in the refrigerator at home for a long period of time, as it will go off quickly.

Although there is a popular myth about camel milk ‘never going off’, experience shows that pasteurised packaged camel milk does not keep any better than its cow equivalent, and seems to lose its flavour faster.

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.

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

The party went off very well.

The wedding went off much as such affairs do.

Go off, queen!

After all, these items of clothing were designed to be worn. And if you can get one last hurrah out of a thrifted peach negligée, go off queen.

Of course, she [Charlie XCX] has a penchant for designer frames that cost upwards of $400. If you want to splurge on one of those exact pairs, go off. If you want to save some coin, I found similar options at more affordable brands and even some Amazon dupes. You’re welcome.

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

To see a room rate well under $200 is a rarity…. The occupancy rate during my stay seemed quite low, going off what I was able to see, with not many guests checking in or out and no crowds in the public spaces, and so social distancing wasn't an issue.

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

We can only hope she'll go off soon.

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

They went off about all the problems around here.

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