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Verb: go off
- Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
"the accountant went off with the cash from the safe";
- abscond, bolt, absquatulate [N. Amer], decamp, run off, make off, make away
- Be discharged or activated
"the explosive devices went off"
- Go off or discharge
"The gun went off";
- fire, discharge
- Stop running, functioning, or operating
"Our power went off during the hurricane"
- Happen in a particular manner
- come off, go over
- Burst inward
"The bottle went off";
- implode
Derived forms: gone off, went off, going off, goes off
Type of: break, burst, cave in, collapse, come about, cut and run [informal], explode, fall in, fall out, flee, fly, founder, give, give way, go on, halt, hap [archaic], happen, occur, pass, pass off, stop, take flight, take place
Encyclopedia: Go off
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