1. Be discharged or activated
   "the explosive devices went off"
    
2. Go off or discharge
   "The gun went off";
   - fire, discharge
    
3. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
   "The thieves went off with the jewellery";
   - abscond, bolt, absquatulate [N. Amer], decamp, run off, make off, make away
    
4. Stop running, functioning, or operating
   "Our power went off during the hurricane"
    
5. Happen in a particular manner
   "The party went off without a hitch";
   - come off, go over
    
6. Become unfit for consumption or use
   - spoil, go bad
    
7. Suddenly dislike or lose interest in
   "He used to love sports but has gone off them lately"

Derived forms: goes off, went off, gone off, going off

Type of: act, burst, come about, cut and run [informal], decay, explode, fall out, flee, fly, go on, halt, hap [archaic], happen, move, occur, pass, pass off, stop, take flight, take place

Antonym: come on

Encyclopedia: Go off