go off

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go off

verb goes off · going off · went off · gone off

intransitive To explode. The bomb went off right after the president left his office.
intransitive To fire, especially accidentally. The gun went off during their struggle.
figuratively, intransitive To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited. It all went off when the opposing teams' fans met at the railway station.
intransitive To begin clanging or making noise. The alarm will go off at six a.m.
intransitive To stop operating; to switch off. We were watching TV when suddenly the power went off.
intransitive Of dairy cattle, to stop producing milk. ‘I suppose no other mahn in th’ district feeds as well as I do, and yet they’re goin’ off - goin’ off to th’ very divil.’
intransitive To depart; to leave. Having sated her appetite, she went off in search of a place to sleep.
Australia, Canada, UK, intransitive To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way. Bugger—the milk's gone off already!
Similar: go sour, spoil
transitive To like gradually less. Ever since falling off her bike, she's gone off cycling to work.
UK, intransitive, of epoxy resins To cure; to set. I've got to get the panels aligned quickly now because the epoxy resin will go off within 20 minutes or so.
intransitive To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished; to happen. The party went off very well.
slang To ejaculate; to orgasm.
Similar: ejaculate, cum
intransitive To perform extremely well; to be impressive or attractive; often used to express encouragement. Go off, queen!
Similar: kill it, pop off, serve, slay
transitive To follow or extrapolate from something; to assume as true or to judge by. Going off the interview alone, she seemed like the perfect employee.
intransitive, slang To fall unconscious; to go to sleep; to die. One day I'll go off, but until then, I'm in charge around here.
UK, archaic, intransitive, slang, of a woman To get married. We can only hope she'll go off soon.
archaic, intransitive, slang To be spent, disbursed or used up. All his money goes off as soon as he earns it.
intransitive, slang To rant; to talk at length negatively; to insult or criticize. They went off about all the problems around here.
intransitive, slang To fight or attack.

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verb explode

Español	explotar
Português	explodir
Français	exploser
Deutsch	explodieren
Italiano	esplodere
Ελληνικά	εκρήγνυμαι ekrígnymai
Русский	взрыва́ться vzryvátʹsja, взорва́ться vzorvátʹsja

verb fire

Español	disparar
Italiano	sparare
Ελληνικά	εκπυρσοκροτώ ekpyrsokrotó

verb become very angry

Español	explotar
Português	explodir
Français	exploser
Ελληνικά	εκρήγνυμαι ekrígnymai
Русский	взрыва́ться vzryvátʹsja, взорва́ться vzorvátʹsja, зли́ться zlítʹsja, разозли́ться razozlítʹsja

verb begin making noise

Español	sonar
Ελληνικά	χτυπάω chtypáo
Русский	звуча́ть zvučátʹ, зазвуча́ть zazvučátʹ, раздава́ться razdavátʹsja, разда́ться razdátʹsja
Tiếng Việt	kêu

verb depart; leave

Español	marcharse
Ελληνικά	φεύγω févgo, αναχωρώ anachoró
Русский	уезжа́ть ujezžátʹ, уе́хать ujéxatʹ, уходи́ть uxodítʹ, уйти́ ujtí

verb putrefy; become inedible

Deutsch	schlecht werden, sauer werden, ranzig werden
Italiano	avariare, andare a male, guastare
Ελληνικά	χαλάω chaláo, αλλοιώνομαι alloiónomai, ξινίζω xinízo, κόβω kóvo
Русский	по́ртиться pórtitʹsja, испо́ртиться ispórtitʹsja

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@misc{go_off_2026,
  title = {go off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}