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Meaning: (intransitive)Toexplode.The bombwent offright after the president left his office.1899February,Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, inBlackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company,[…],→OCLC, part I,page213:You see the thing hadgone offlike a box of matches.; (intransitive)Tofire, especially accidentally.The gunwent offduring their struggle.; (intransitive,figurative)To explodemetaphorically; to become veryangryoroverexcited.It allwent offwhen the opposing teams' fans met at the railway station.When the boss came to know about the scheme, hewent off, shouting and throwing everything away.1986February 1, Kathy Jo Elliott, “Solid As A Rock”, inGay Community News, volume13, number28, page 5:I watched a high official on "inspection" tease and purposeflly cause a 63 year old man togo offand then made fun of the elderly man.; (intransitive)To begin clanging or makingnoise.The alarm willgo offat six a.m.Just after he spotted the first plane on the horizon, sirens started togo offaround the city.; (intransitive)To stop operating; to switch off.We were watching TV when suddenly the powerwent off.; ; (intransitive)Todepart; toleave.Having sated her appetite, shewent offin search of a place to sleep.I don't know where he's going—hewent offwithout a word.1995,Nick Hornby,High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz,→ISBN,page25:I was intimidated by the other men on her design course, and became convinced that she was going togo offwith one of them. Shewent offwith one of them.; (intransitive,UK,Australia,Canada)Toputrefyor becomeinedible, or to becomeunusablein any way.Synonyms:go sour,spoilBugger—the milk'sgone offalready!1987September 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 anotherbete noireof the “technophobes” — chemical treatment to prevent stored grain fromgoing off— is daft2005,Neil Perry,The Food I Love[1], page13: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 willgo offquickly.2005, Nancy Abeiderrahmane, “Modern Dairy Products from Traditional Camel Herding: An Experience in Mauritania”, in Bernard Faye, Palmated Esenov, editors,Desertification Combat And Food Safety: The Added Value Of Camel Producers,page156:Although there is a popular myth about camel milk ‘nevergoing off’, experience shows that pasteurised packaged camel milk does not keep any better than its cow equivalent, and seems to lose its flavour faster.; (transitive)Tolikegradually less.Ever since falling off her bike, she'sgone offcycling to work.We needed a vet visit because some of the cattle hadgone offtheir feed.; (intransitive,chieflyUK,of epoxy resins)Tocure; toset.I've got to get the panels aligned quickly now because the epoxy resin willgo offwithin 20 minutes or so.; (intransitive)To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished; to happen.The partywent offvery well.1864August –1866January,[Elizabeth] Gaskell,Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:Smith, Elder and Co.,[…], published1866,→OCLC:The weddingwent offmuch as such affairs do.; (slang)Toejaculate; toorgasm.Synonyms:ejaculate,cum; (intransitive,LGBTQslang)Toperformextremelywell; to beimpressiveorattractive;often used to expressencouragement.Synonyms:kill it,pop off,serve,slayGo off, queen!2024May 12, Tish Weinstock, “This Vintage Lover Is Calling Time On The ’90s Fashion Obsession”, inBritish Vogue[2]: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 offqueen.2024September 14, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Charli xcx & Troye Sivan's Tour If You Wanna 'SWEAT'”, inCosmopolitan[3]: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.; (transitive)To follow orextrapolatefrom something; tojudgeby.Going offthe interview alone, she seemed like the perfect employee.8 October, 2020, Paul Oswell,Business Insider:To see a room rate well under $200 is a rarity…. The occupancy rate during my stay seemed quite low,going offwhat 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.; (intransitive,slang)To fall unconscious; to go to sleep; to die.One day I'llgo off, but until then, I'm in charge around here.; (intransitive,slang,UK,archaic,of a woman)To get married.We can only hope she'llgo offsoon.; (intransitive,slang,archaic)To be spent, disbursed or used up.All his moneygoes offas soon as he earns it.; (intransitive,slang)Torant; to talk at length negatively; toinsultorcriticize.Theywent offabout all the problems around here.; (intransitive,slang)To fight or attack.
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