| Definition of 'go off' |
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1. (verb) abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
"The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
2. (verb) go off
be discharged or activated
"the explosive devices went off"
3. (verb) fire, discharge, go off
go off or discharge
"The gun fired"
4. (verb) go off
stop running, functioning, or operating
"Our power went off during the hurricane"
5. (verb) go off, come off, go over
happen in a particular manner
"how did your talk go over?"
6. (verb) implode, go off
burst inward
"The bottle imploded"
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1. (verb) go off
to leave to do
Jason went off to make a phone call.; She's going off to college next month.
2. go off
≠come on
Suddenly all the lights went off.; at the time when the power went off
3. go off
(of food or drink) to have become unfit to eat or drink
The milk's gone off.
4. go off
to stop liking
I've gone off that program.
5. go off
(of an alarm) to start making a warning sound
The alarm went off at six.
6. go off
(of a weapon) to explode or be fired accidentally
The gun went off when he was cleaning it.; A car bomb went off in the square.
7. go off
to happen in a particular way
8. go off
go off without a hitch
to happen exactly as planned
The conference went off without a hitch.
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Sense: (of a bomb etc) to explode
The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.
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 Afrikaans: ontplof |
 Arabic: يَنْفَجِر |
 Bulgarian: избухвам |
 Brazilian: explodir |
 Czech: vybuchnout |
 German: losgehen |
 Danish: gå af; eksplodere |
 Greek: εκρήγνυμαι |
 Spanish: estallar, explosionar |
 Estonian: plahvatama |
 Farsi: منفجر شدن |
 Finnish: räjähtää |
 French: exploser |
 Hebrew: להתפוצץ |
 Hindi: विस्फोट होना |
 Croatian: eksplodirati |
 Hungarian: felrobban |
 Indonesian: meledak |
 Icelandic: springa |
 Italian: esplodere |
 Japanese: 爆発する |
 Korean: 폭발하다 |
 Lithuanian: sprogti |
 Latvian: sprāgt |
 Malay: meletup |
 Dutch: afgaan, ontploffen |
 Norwegian: eksplodere |
 Polish: wybuchnąć |
 Persian: منفجر شدن |
 Pashto: انفجار |
 Portuguese: explodir |
 Romanian: a exploda |
 Russian: взрываться |
 Slovak: vybuchnúť |
 Slovenian: sprožiti se |
 Serbian: eksplodirati |
 Swedish: explodera, smälla, brinna |
 Thai: ระเบิด |
 Turkish: patlamak |
 Taiwanese: 爆炸 |
 Ukrainian: вибухати |
 Urdu: منفجر ہونا |
 Vietnamese: nổ |
 Chinese: 爆炸 |
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