go off
verb
went off; gone off; going off; goes off
Examples of go off in a Sentence
specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off
the wedding went off without so much as a single glitch
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What to Know The plane departed from Unalakleet at 2:37 p.m. local time on Thursday but went off the radar less than an hour later.
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
But episode five is where the onscreen romance pressed pause, as Ty went off on tour with his band while Annie stayed behind in Serenity.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
Today’s Democratic party has gone off the rails by throwing open our Southern border and allowing millions of unvetted migrants to enter illegally.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Oh, and don’t go off to a bedroom with an Italian vampire, unless your Italian is very good.
—Moira MacDonald / Seattle Times, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
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Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
But episode five is where the onscreen romance pressed pause, as Ty went off on tour with his band while Annie stayed behind in Serenity.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
Today’s Democratic party has gone off the rails by throwing open our Southern border and allowing millions of unvetted migrants to enter illegally.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Oh, and don’t go off to a bedroom with an Italian vampire, unless your Italian is very good.
—Moira MacDonald / Seattle Times, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Go off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20off. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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