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go off

Definitions

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  • verb intransitive To explode.
  • verb intransitive To explode metaphorically; to become very angry.
  • verb intransitive To begin clanging or making noise.
  • verb intransitive To depart; to leave.
  • verb intransitive, UK To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.
  • verb transitive To like less.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb be discharged or activated
  • verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
  • verb happen in a particular manner
  • verb stop running, functioning, or operating
  • verb go off or discharge
  • verb burst inward

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synonyms (153)

Words with the same meaning

  1. aberrate
  2. avert
  3. backfire
  4. bang
  5. bark
  6. be blooded
  7. be found
  8. be getting along
  9. be met with
  10. be realized
  11. be successful
  12. bear off
  13. befall
  14. betide
  15. blast
  16. blow
  17. blow out
  18. blow up
  19. burst
  20. bust
  21. buzz off
  22. catch on
  23. click
  24. come
  25. come about
  26. come away
  27. come down
  28. come off
  29. come to pass
  30. come true
  31. connect
  32. crack
  33. decline
  34. depart
  35. deploy
  36. detonate
  37. die
  38. discharge
  39. divaricate
  40. diverge
  41. divide
  42. draw aside
  43. ease off
  44. ebb
  45. edge off
  46. eventuate
  47. exit
  48. explode
  49. fade
  50. fail
  51. fall
  52. fall away
  53. fall off
  54. fan out
  55. farewell
  56. fire
  57. fly off
  58. fulminate
  59. gang along
  60. gee
  61. get along
  62. get away
  63. get off
  64. get on
  65. get under way
  66. glance
  67. glance off
  68. go
  69. go along
  70. go away
  71. go down
  72. go downhill
  73. go great guns
  74. go on
  75. go over
  76. go over big
  77. go to town
  78. graduate
  79. hap
  80. happen
  81. haw
  82. head off
  83. hit a slump
  84. hit rock bottom
  85. hit the skids
  86. jib
  87. lapse
  88. leave
  89. let off
  90. make a hit
  91. make way for
  92. march off
  93. meet with success
  94. mosey
  95. move aside
  96. move away
  97. move off
  98. move out
  99. mushroom
  100. occur
  101. outspread
  102. pass
  103. pass off
  104. pop
  105. prevail
  106. prosper
  107. pull out
  108. qualify
  109. reach the depths
  110. run down
  111. sashay
  112. sashay off
  113. separate
  114. set off
  115. sheer off
  116. shoot
  117. shove aside
  118. shunt
  119. shy
  120. shy off
  121. side
  122. sidestep
  123. sidetrack
  124. sidle
  125. sink
  126. slide
  127. slip
  128. slump
  129. splay
  130. spread
  131. stagger along
  132. steer clear of
  133. step aside
  134. subside
  135. succeed
  136. switch
  137. take
  138. take flight
  139. take place
  140. take wing
  141. toddle along
  142. touch bottom
  143. touch off
  144. transpire
  145. turn aside
  146. turn away
  147. turn back
  148. up and go
  149. veer off
  150. wane
  151. wing it
  152. work well
  153. work wonders

hypernyms (20)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. break
  2. burst
  3. cave in
  4. collapse
  5. come about
  6. explode
  7. fall in
  8. fallout
  9. founder
  10. give
  11. give way
  12. go on
  13. halt
  14. hap
  15. happen
  16. occur
  17. pass
  18. pass off
  19. stop
  20. take place

cross-references (6)

Cross-references

  1. go off at score
  2. go off half-cocked
  3. go off on one
  4. go off the boil
  5. go off the rails
  6. go off the reservation

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  • shanvrolijk commented on the word go off

    Jordan Peterson: I will not go off on that tangent

    December 22, 2017