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go off - definition and meaning
Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
explode . - verb intransitive To explode
metaphorically ; to become veryangry . - verb intransitive To begin clanging or making
noise . - verb intransitive To
depart ; toleave . - verb intransitive, UK To
putrefy or becomeinedible , or to becomeunusable in any way. - verb transitive To
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be discharged or activated
- verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- verb happen in a particular manner
- verb stop running, functioning, or operating
- verb go off or discharge
- verb burst inward
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Words with the same meaning
- aberrate
- avert
- backfire
- bang
- bark
- be blooded
- be found
- be getting along
- be met with
- be realized
- be successful
- bear off
- befall
- betide
- blast
- blow
- blow out
- blow up
- burst
- bust
- buzz off
- catch on
- click
- come
- come about
- come away
- come down
- come off
- come to pass
- come true
- connect
- crack
- decline
- depart
- deploy
- detonate
- die
- discharge
- divaricate
- diverge
- divide
- draw aside
- ease off
- ebb
- edge off
- eventuate
- exit
- explode
- fade
- fail
- fall
- fall away
- fall off
- fan out
- farewell
- fire
- fly off
- fulminate
- gang along
- gee
- get along
- get away
- get off
- get on
- get under way
- glance
- glance off
- go
- go along
- go away
- go down
- go downhill
- go great guns
- go on
- go over
- go over big
- go to town
- graduate
- hap
- happen
- haw
- head off
- hit a slump
- hit rock bottom
- hit the skids
- jib
- lapse
- leave
- let off
- make a hit
- make way for
- march off
- meet with success
- mosey
- move aside
- move away
- move off
- move out
- mushroom
- occur
- outspread
- pass
- pass off
- pop
- prevail
- prosper
- pull out
- qualify
- reach the depths
- run down
- sashay
- sashay off
- separate
- set off
- sheer off
- shoot
- shove aside
- shunt
- shy
- shy off
- side
- sidestep
- sidetrack
- sidle
- sink
- slide
- slip
- slump
- splay
- spread
- stagger along
- steer clear of
- step aside
- subside
- succeed
- switch
- take
- take flight
- take place
- take wing
- toddle along
- touch bottom
- touch off
- transpire
- turn aside
- turn away
- turn back
- up and go
- veer off
- wane
- wing it
- work well
- work wonders
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