go off

go off

 

go off

(to leave a place): He went off in search of some food.

(to happen in a particular way): The party went off all right.

(stop working): The central heating goes off at night. The lights went off.

(to explode, blow up): Three people were killed when the bomb went off today.

(to fire): She pulled the trigger, and the gun went off.

(start to ring or buzz): The alarm went off and the thieves ran away. The alarm clock went off and woke me.

British English

(go bad, becomes stale): The meat had gone off. It doesn’t smell good.

British English informal

(to stop liking): Jim went off his girlfriend after he met another girl.

 

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