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
Recent Examples on the Web
During a skit rehearsal, Bates tells Rolling Stone a cast member went off script and spit milk in her face.
—
Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
The preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are underway — but things haven’t gone off without a hitch.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
By 2006, Priem had sold all of his shares in Nvidia and gone off the grid, moving to a $6 million home in Fremont, Calif., according to Forbes.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
As blue-collar Russian workers went off to fight in Ukraine, took jobs at armaments factories or left the country to avoid being drafted, citizens of Tajikistan and two other Central Asian countries have partly filled the void.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
When do tornado sirens go off? Generally, tornado sirens go off when a situation appears to be life-threatening, and a tornado is seen or indicated on local weather radars.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2024
After the puck went off the side boards, David Perron made a no-look, cross-ice pass to Fabbri, who ripped a shot from the right circle just inside the right post.
—Field Level Media, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Over the course of four minutes the lights on the ship went off and on, indicating that the power was going in and out.
01:24:22 a.m.
01:24:33 a.m.
—William Neff, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
The synthetic rubber of the outfield warning track crumbles beneath your shoes and every 10 seconds or so, the crack of the bat goes off like clockwork.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
The preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are underway — but things haven’t gone off without a hitch.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
By 2006, Priem had sold all of his shares in Nvidia and gone off the grid, moving to a $6 million home in Fremont, Calif., according to Forbes.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
As blue-collar Russian workers went off to fight in Ukraine, took jobs at armaments factories or left the country to avoid being drafted, citizens of Tajikistan and two other Central Asian countries have partly filled the void.
—Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
When do tornado sirens go off? Generally, tornado sirens go off when a situation appears to be life-threatening, and a tornado is seen or indicated on local weather radars.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2024
After the puck went off the side boards, David Perron made a no-look, cross-ice pass to Fabbri, who ripped a shot from the right circle just inside the right post.
—Field Level Media, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Over the course of four minutes the lights on the ship went off and on, indicating that the power was going in and out.
01:24:22 a.m.
01:24:33 a.m.
—William Neff, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
The synthetic rubber of the outfield warning track crumbles beneath your shoes and every 10 seconds or so, the crack of the bat goes off like clockwork.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
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