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go off

verb

adverb (of power, a water supply, etc) to cease to be available, running, or functioning
the lights suddenly went off
adverb to be discharged or activated; explode
adverb to occur as specified
the meeting went off well
to leave (a place)
the actors went off stage
adverb (of a sensation) to gradually cease to be felt or perceived
adverb to fall asleep
adverb to enter a specified state or condition
she went off into hysterics
adverbfoll bywith to abscond (with)
adverb (of concrete, mortar, etc) to harden
informal.
adverb (of food, milk, etc) to become stale or rotten
informal.
preposition to cease to like
she went off him after their marriage
informal.
adverb to become bad-tempered
slang.
adverb to have an orgasm
slang.
adverb (of premises) to be raided by the police
slang.
adverb (of a racehorse) to win a fixed race
slang.
adverb to be stolen

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Example Sentences

And some of his most destructive work, like accelerating the Iranian nuclear program by pulling out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2018, or imposing economic sanctions on Venezuela so severe that they catalyzed a mass migration to the United States that he was able to blame on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, were the equivalent of planting bombs that go off long after you’ve left the room.

From Slate

“I hope your beeper doesn’t go off,” Ryan Girdusky said after Hasan called himself a supporter of the Palestinian people.

From Salon

"It's like we have some hand grenades in the back of a jeep and sometimes they go off when there's a lot of pressure."

From BBC

But in her interviews, she often appeared uncomfortable and unwilling to go off message, famously saying in a friendly interview on “The View” that she could not think of anything she would have done differently than Biden.

From Los Angeles Times

I’m a pop musician, and I’m not wanting to go off into a major discussion on all these things at this moment.

From Los Angeles Times

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