SkyfireDict

go off   (TTS Sound)

The verb go off has 6 senses

• abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off -- (run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe")


• go off -- (be discharged or activated; "the explosive devices went off")


• fire, discharge, go off -- (go off or discharge; "The gun fired")


• go off -- (stop running, functioning, or operating; "Our power went off during the hurricane")


• go off, come off, go over -- (happen in a particular manner; "how did your talk go over?")


• implode, go off -- (burst inward; "The bottle imploded")